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• I'd use XP for now, a lot of (older) games seem to make problems. sure there are workarounds for some but... : razorblade79
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  Get the new PC and put the RC of W7 on it. : redfive
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    This is what I would do too. : MeestaNob
    • yep free OS till the new one comes out rather than buying an 8 year old OS and then buying the new OS in ... : dantastic
• win7. Never had a compatibility problem with anything. : aeg1x
• win7 all of my games work fine on it, and its pretty. : shadebane
• I would wait until October 22nd. : Maddog_Delphi97
• I'd go 7. : MercFox1
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  My issue goes two ways. I play lots of old games, but the 4GB limit on XP worries me because it limits wh... : steauengeglase
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    Dosbox old games or 2000 - 2004 old games? : one random winner
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      Both. : steauengeglase
      • Dosbox stuff you shouldn't have any problems with in Win 7, what you may have problems with are pre-DX9 g... : one random winner
  • your 4gb of ram would most likely show up as 3 and change. think it depends on the memory in your video ... : dantastic
  • You know what I find? If the game is any good people usually have fixes for it. For me virtualpc and dosb... : avatar_58
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    XP doesn't have a 4gb limit, 32bit does. : Ebu
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      XP is 32-bit. Don't even MENTION 'that other version'. No. : TastyWheat
      • I've used 64bit XP on a number of occasions without incident. : Ebu
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  You don't have to wait for 7. Just about every PC comes with a free windows 7 upgrade. (unless you build... : morinaga
  • Building myself, for performance, I really don't have the cash for an OEM. : steauengeglase
• Use Win7 RC now, Win7 retail version when it comes out : Serpico74
• If you're getting one now get one with Vista 64-bit, or wait another 2 1/2 months and get Windows 7. : zerog83
• 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 : DM7
• I've been running Win7 for months and it's fucking great : TastyWheat
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  Win7. i had xp,vista and the win7 rc1 running and win7 did everything i wanted fast and stable for the mo... : Hoax
  • Sounds like 7 is the direction I'll go. : steauengeglase