Topic: what os?
started by: CatKnight
Posted by CatKnight on Sep. 01 2001,20:12
well I'm about to reformat my hd again. Should I stick with win2000, or go up to winxp? if so where can I download the latest build?hmm I'm also trying to decide whether to just delete all my mp3's and re-rip the cd's I have or not to avoid the trouble. Dunno tho...
Posted by cr0bar on Sep. 01 2001,21:09
Re-rip with Ogg Vorbis. Much improved quality over mp3, in my opinion. Even the "best" mp3 encoders squash treble in my opinion and cannot compare to the clarity of Ogg at 192kbit/s. It's like comparing JPEG and PNG.
Posted by CatKnight on Sep. 01 2001,21:14
well I use lame vbr. the file sizes average from 140-180 kbps, and I cannot tell the difference from the cd. I'll give vorbis a shot though.
Posted by kornalldaway on Sep. 02 2001,14:07
For the best OS I would definately recomment XP. Since cr0 has once said that this is not a warez board, i will not be providing any URLs. Just some info on what to look for. What you need to look for is XP RTM corporate edition. Corporate edition has no activation. I would sudgest using any IRC client to connect to infatech server (irc.infatech.net:6667) and wisit channel called #bandwidth. I am sure you will be able to find some info as to where to get XP from there.As for vorbis, it is by far the best format i have seen. With smaller size, vorbis provides quality superior to mp3. Sound is much more clear. I would definately go with vorbis for all the cd-ripping needs.
Posted by Hellraiser on Sep. 02 2001,14:20
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Originally posted by CatKnight:
well I'm about to reformat my hd again. Should I stick with win2000, or go up to winxp? if so where can I download the latest build?
Windows 2000 all the way! I wouldn't go to XP till its been out a bit longer and had more chances to be tested in the real world.
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Posted by just_dave on Sep. 02 2001,16:56
Is there a tool to convert mp3s to vorbis?
Posted by CatKnight on Sep. 02 2001,18:06
Hehe think about that for a second dave. 
Actually I can't tell the difference between a cd-ripped wav, a lame 32-320 vbr 2, and a vorbis 192. However, the lame is smaller by about 15\%. Also I use my portable mp3 player occasionally and it would be a pain to convert stuff around just to use it. As for windows XP, are there good drivers for sound cards, video cards, etc out?
Posted by just_dave on Sep. 02 2001,20:37
After i posted I thought a minute and was like ... dumbie... Posted by ASCIIMan on Sep. 03 2001,05:38
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Originally posted by just_dave:
Is there a tool to convert mp3s to vorbis?
Probably, but it would sound like crap.
Posted by Greasemonk on Sep. 04 2001,05:19
Ill stick with Windows 2000 until I either gotta really need to gotta goto XP with the registration crap and its bugging the hell out of me to be l33t -or- Windows 2000 is not fully supported anymore and I cant get anything to run on it and it becomes unstable...------------------
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Posted by kornalldaway on Sep. 04 2001,05:32
You can forget about microsoft product activation right now. They have released a Corporate edition of XP which has no more activation. It can be ontained in semi legal ways. Or you can just get a 12mb zip file to replace certain files in your i386 directory on the instalation cd and activation will be forever gone. It's that easy. Let WPA (windows product activation) for XP worry you no more. 
As for Win2k becoming unstable, why would it do that? If it's stable now it will remain that way. However since i've been using XP (about 4 months or so) it has never crashed on me. I did have a few problems with drivers for older NICs and WinProxy didn't want to work. But other then that everybody who used it so far has only said good things about it. And it's just a matter of time until all the proper drivers for XP will be out.
From all the operating systems microsoft has made so far XP is the most stable one. It also has lots of new features and very many option for you to play with and customize. However, i am sure it has a few security holes people don't know about yet and a few problems, but i am sure as soon as those are discovered Service Packs will be out in a matter of days.
I have used every beta of XP so far, and every new one makes me like XP even more. Of course this more of a personal preference, and XP is still not good enough to beat the reliability of Linux, but it is a hell of a good effort by microsoft to make a decent OS.