Topic: Best operating system for D3

[blessu]

Save me trawling...wondered what does d3 run best under...have got the bug back so thinking about upgrading to a dedicated PC running on lap top, wireless, windows (crappy) vista at moment, although getting no network loss and reasonable ping...based in London, any advice would help as am bit of a novice who wants to learn more thks, d34e blessu all 

[VANGUARD]

I've had good luck with Windows XP; and *cough* an operating system on my avatar. Mandriva Linux worked well too; I believe I used the software wine.

[Matthew]

Windows 7 > Windows XP mode > Profit???

[VANGUARD]

Windows 7 > Windows XP mode > Profit???

are you saying 7 is XP but slightly polished? I have allergies and it's clouding up my mind. Never tried 7. Hated Vista.

[SaladBadger]

It works fine on XP and I've seen it work just fine on 7 also. All of the other platforms work just as well, too.

[Matthew]

I'm saying use Windows XP mode on Windows 7 and profit.

[VANGUARD]

I'm saying use Windows XP mode on Windows 7 and profit.

I'm sure you know what you're talking about. I never heard that, but I left Windows when Vista came around. I actually left Windows before hand for the most part.

[Foil]

There's no need to use XP mode in Windows 7.  Descent3 runs perfectly in Win7 as it is.

[TechPro]

I'm saying use Windows XP mode on Windows 7 and profit.

That's a big negatory.  Way too much pain, especially since Descent 3 works just fine under Windows 7.

... and regarding "Windows XP Mode" for Windows 7 .... junk it.  If you have to have a virtual machine for some reason (and there are very few reasons), use VMWare's free VMPlayer instead and enjoy life more.

[Matthew]

Why not use windows XP mode? It's better than VMPlayer because it's integrated with the host OS.

[Pumo]

Actually, the fact is that neither of those are needed.
As Foil and Techpro already said, D3 runs very well on Windows 7 as it is, no need to use virtual computers or XP mode at all.

[Matthew]

I was speaking simply in general in response to techpro.

[Alieo]

I was weary about Windows 7 at first after the Vista disaster but I've been using it for 8 months now and now have that "stability" feeling that XP had. Of course, my XP lasted 5 years before getting ravaged by a virus. My fault though. I didn't have virus protection. This time I do. Right now I am nearing the end of a 2 year Norton protection (yeah I know it sucks) but I'm gonna get Security Essentials after it's expired.

[Scyphi]

I've been using Windows 7 for a few months now, and thus far I have no complaints. Actually, I kind of like how it does things over past Windows systems. Save networking to other computers, have had a few problems with that, but that's more an issue of how I do it. Seems very stable too; can't say I've ever had it crash on me yet.

As I haven't installed D3 on Win7 yet, I can't personally vouch for how well it'll run, but I have no reason to think that it wouldn't run just fine.

The only thing that really bugs me about Windows 7 is it's name. Why name it Windows 7? It's not even Microsoft's seventh operating system by my count (they're already over seven).

[Crash]

7 can be very twitchy about sharing with XP machines over the local network.
Sometimes if you type the machine's address ie.: \\AKINA\ it shows up, even if it doesn't appear in the list of machines on the network.
Remote Desktop seems to work fine with all the older OSs though.
Problem is that the XP machines don't seem to see the 7 ones at all.