Posted by Idiot on 02/22/06 15:52

tornado.shanks <president@whitecastle.guv> wrote:
>On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:46:12 -0600, Idiot <none@again.com> wrote:
>
>>2000 and xp which are I believe plug and play.Many people such as myself
>>continue to use W98/SE because we like it.XP I'm told is more of a resource
>>hogg,I'm using a computer with a pentium 3 which is about 6 years old and
>>running perfectly well and to my liking.I'm under the impression XP will slow
>>my box down.I'm pretty damn sure alot of peeps are still using Windows 98.So
>>why should I be kidding?Yes there is a patch out there for running an Ipod on
>>W98 though its hit and miss getting it to work on your computer.The whole
>>purpose of my post was to get advice from others who presumably still use w98
>>upgraded to se and run an mp3 device without problems of which Im sure their
>>are many.Clearly you run XP and have no time for those that run w98 so you
>>have
>>nothing to offer in reply to my post!
>
>I'd give some thought to running win2k. It's compatible with just
>about all hardware and software out there today, will run just fine on
>your machine, isn't a resource hog like xp, and is more stable than
>win98. You should have made that switch a long time ago. I've been
>running it since '00. Windows 98 is pretty much on the end of it's
>legs so you'll be hard pressed to find help with things like this
>seeing how machines that run xp have been the norm for several years
>now. The only reason 2k is still supported so well is because
>businesses use it, but even that is on the wane now.
>
>Face the music... Sooner or later, you'll have to spend a couple
>hundred bucks on 2003's technology and upgrade your computer. That's
>life in the fast lane.
>
>
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Hi, some sound advice there thankyou.That may be an option.Installing
2000.Because XP I'm told will be just too much of a drain on my system!!

Cheers
P




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