[doink067]

I wan't to play new and old games. Does old games work on Vista, and does Vista worth it? I've heared that the compatibility mode make older games work in Vista. I wan't to play older games from 1998-2004, like:

Sim City 3000
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Age of Empires I&II
Zoo Tycoon
Traffic Giant Tycoon
Industry Giant
Midtown Madness 1
...

I think XP is the best OS for playing older games, but if I wan't to play new games, I want to play them with DirectX 10, and that is just for Vista and newer OS. Vista is very compatible and bug-free now, I've heared. I really wan't to install Vista, but my worry is that I can't play my old games.


I have both CD's! Thats hard to decide, because Vista looks great and it provides dualcore, more than XP.


PS. I don't wan't to partition my HDD!

[thenthornthing]

Well we don't know all of them. Just test it out.
Vista is crap btw.
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[doink067]

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[thenthornthing]

[evo]

I have had this computer since November, it was preloaded onto the machine when bought. I tried compatability mode but it was rare that I could get games older than about 2004 to work. Games such as Midtown Madness 1, Rollercoaster Tycoon (2&3 work ok), and had to make a few modifications to MSTS.

[QuickSilver]

anything non Linux or non Mac.....

..........and not Vista....

Kinda only leaves Windows XP or 7
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[b12man]

All of my old games worked on Vista, XP, and Win 7. So choose any of those three. But even though you don't want to do it, I highly recommend setting up a dual boot with Windows XP and Windows 7. I can give you instructions if you'd like, because that really is your best option.
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[Bradley_Wint]

Windows 3.1 works best for me

[_Tim_]

You call those games old?
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[busboy99]

Heh, each to thier own. But true, PacMan looses its charisma after a while, but pong, woah.
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[doink067]

I think I will install Vista, but I hope I get Windows 7 soon.

One question: Does GTA IV anytime work on Windows 7? Do you think the will make a "GTA IV-Windows 7-install-patch"?