Mircosoft Virtual Machine vs Java JRE

kljs · 26th April 2002, 05:04

Ok, I am using Win Xp Pro edition and I want to know which Java Runtime Enviroment I can use in order not to screw up XP?

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baafie · 26th April 2002, 07:29

http://dlres.java.sun.com/JSCDL/down...-1_4_0-win.exe

griffinn · 26th April 2002, 08:41

Some large-scale Java applets, e.g. online banking sites, won't work on Sun's JRE though.

kljs · 26th April 2002, 09:49

Which means,somethings is not going to be all right with both either JRE or MVM.

Sigh......I will take the next best thing....

Any suggestion?

eleet-2k2 · 26th April 2002, 13:31

Why not have both? Pesonally, with XP, I'd go with MVM just because of it being MS and MS has a past of screwing up third party software, ie. Netscape.

Curi0us_George · 26th April 2002, 14:13

Get the JRE. It's the most stable one. Microsoft's is crap. It has security problems.

If you EVER come to a site that has an applet you can't view with Sun's JRE, then you probably do not want to run that applet, because something is wrong with it. It's trying to get too much access, or something.

c2R · 26th April 2002, 17:30

Personally I'd install both - some applets only use features available in one or the other. They can co-exist happily, and won't mess anything up.

I personally prefer the Sun one though

Curi0us_George · 26th April 2002, 18:28

If it's a feature that's not in the JRE, it's not really a Java feature. People who use MS proprietary pseudo-Java in their applets and apps are morons. That defeats the entire point of Java.

asshole · 26th April 2002, 21:09

Yup. I agree with most of the points curiousgeorge pointed out. That's why I did not install MVM for my XP. JRE has some nice controls that you could play around with; it even shows what some of the javas are doing.

kljs · 27th April 2002, 04:10

From the looks of it, Java JRE it is!!!

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kljs Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kulim,Kedah,Malaysia Posts: 645	Which means,somethings is not going to be all right with both either JRE or MVM. Sigh......I will take the next best thing.... Any suggestion? I am just a normal person sitting on the bench and reading newspaper and having a cup of coffee. Why can't people see that?

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eleet-2k2 Forum King Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Mobil Ave. Posts: 5,381	Why not have both? Pesonally, with XP, I'd go with MVM just because of it being MS and MS has a past of screwing up third party software, ie. Netscape. "Welcome to the Island of people who know too much."..."Did you really think balloons would stop him?!" See what I'm listening too.

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asshole Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Between the legs Posts: 293	Yup. I agree with most of the points curiousgeorge pointed out. That's why I did not install MVM for my XP. JRE has some nice controls that you could play around with; it even shows what some of the javas are doing. Who's your daddy?

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