First post, by Cobra42898
I've been around computers quite a while, but I could use a bit of schooling on the pros for different versions of windows. My experience went from 3.x on 286s to win95 on a 486, then a p3 1ghz with winme, then later 2000 pro. There are different things different versions of windows do well, like for example:
Win95 is great for 486s/early p1s, but if you want more than 2gb partitions you need win95b or win95c for fat32.
If you need USB support, win98se is far better than 95.
Win2000pro was probably the most stable os I've run.
What does xp do that 2000 doesn't? Do 2000/xp handle large amounts of ram better than the win9x? Sata? Max hd size limit? These kinds of things.
Around the time xp came out, I was the proverbial starving college student, so I never really got into it that much. I ran that p3 forever. Now I'm looking at what os to run on different systems I own and I'm trying to figure out what the limitations and capabilities of each are.
Is xp's benefit just added driver/device support? What else am I missing?
Searching for Epson Actiontower 3000 486 PC.