Which O/S

[~Stef~]

looking at installing a new O/S on a home PC used for browsing the interweb and playing games. Is XP home edition the best choice ?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=66489

 

[Cheesy Mike]

As much as at pains me to say so, yes XP home edition is the best choice. I loathe paying the Windows tax to Bill Gates but they have a good product.

Even if you do go for XP you don't need to pay more Microsoft tax than you need to. For example, OpenOffice 2.0 is a superb word/spreadsheet/presentation package - www.openoffice.org - and is completely free of charge.

If home use and gaming wasn't a major factor then I'd suggest one of the many Linux distributions - Suse 10 being my current favourite.

Mike

 

[The Machine Cat]

http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/index.html
It may be the answer, not now yet, but in the coming months...

 

[Jimb]

Stef

£60 for XP Home, I applaud your sense of honor if you pay it, your'e a better man than me.

 

[longdog]

As much as at pains me to say so, yes XP home edition is the best choice. I loathe paying the Windows tax to Bill Gates but they have a good product.

Even if you do go for XP you don't need to pay more Microsoft tax than you need to. For example, OpenOffice 2.0 is a superb word/spreadsheet/presentation package - www.openoffice.org - and is completely free of charge.

If home use and gaming wasn't a major factor then I'd suggest one of the many Linux distributions - Suse 10 being my current favourite.

Mike

I have to agree here. If games playing is your thing, then you have to go for Window$ XP, and if you do use this as your sole O/S, then definitely go for OpenOffice 2.0 it's compatible with M$ Office file systems, so you can import or read Word, Excel, etc.
Another option would be to partition your hard drive and use XP for games and install Linux, (SuSE 10 is an Excellent choice as Mike has already said), on another partition for Internet, etc.

 

[cookie]

Another option would be to partition your hard drive and use XP for games and install Linux, (SuSE 10 is an Excellent choice as Mike has already said), on another partition for Internet, etc.

AAMOI why would you want to do that?

i've been thinking of doing just that, but can't think what purpose it would serve other than giving me a headache so i haven't

in answer to the main question. if you have to ask, it HAS to be xp.