Do you perhaps mean the 2004 CG Jabba? Because I honestly wouldn't be able to understand someone preferring the 1997 CG Jabba.
If you are talking about the 2004 Jabba, well, that would make sense because it was five years newer and more high tech than the Ep 1 Jabba.
Incidentally, the fact that we're talking about all of these variations and versions and years is another reason why the original trilogy should never have been tampered with in the first place.