on the basis of memory,portability,system locks and security
2006-08-17 23:23:31 · 6 answers · asked by hnmecait 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
In terms of security, stability wise, Windows XP is the best for all these 4 operating system and it eats lot of memory due to new features that cant compare with other windows version. So if you will ask me, I prefer to use windows xp.
2006-08-17 23:32:44 · answer #1 · answered by MP 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The differences between NT, 2000, and XP are relatively small, as they're all based on the NT architecture. Among these, NT is pretty old and probably not worth your time. 2000 and XP are more useful, with XP obviously being the newest and thus having the most features and the most memory usage.
Windows 98 uses a completely different architecture, so it's much more similar to Windows 95 and Windows ME than it is to NT, 2000, and XP. Windows 98 has a much simpler memory model where processes are not protected from each other as well. This means it requires less memory, but it also means that a bad app can have a more damaging effect on overall system stability. Windows 98 is also no longer supported by Microsoft so you risky OS to run nowadays. I'd recommend that folks on Windows 98 upgrade to a newer Windows or to Linux.
2006-08-17 23:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by msabramo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows 98 is based on the old MS-DOS kernel, as are Windows 95 and Windows Me.
Windows NT 4, Windows 2000 and Windows XP are evolutions of the Windows NT line of OSs. Specifically, Windows 2000 = Windows NT 5.0, Windows XP = Windows NT 5.1, the upcoming Windows Vista = Windows NT 6.0
The NT kernel is much more stable than the DOS kernel has ever been. The memory usage is higher though, alas, with today's PCs that's basically a non-issue. Furthermore, the DOS kernel only ran on x86-based hardware, whereas the NT kernel is portable: Windows NT 4 for example ran on x86, DEC Alpha, MIPS and PowerPC. XP and later run on x86, x86-64 (also known as AMD64) and the Intel Itanium architecture.
2006-08-17 23:39:29 · answer #3 · answered by Frank 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're all the same, except that Windows XP has a big, blue, memory-hogging GUI and takes up many gigabytes more space.
2006-08-17 23:28:45 · answer #4 · answered by Another Nickname 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i love 98 to play games with but everything else i like using xp,linux or 64 bit is the most secure
2006-08-17 23:29:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure what the numbers are but windows xp is the latest so it would be the most memory and stuff
2006-08-17 23:29:45 · answer #6 · answered by coolimum 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋