Posted by NRen2k5 on 02/22/06 16:28

Idiot wrote:
> tornado.shanks <president@whitecastle.guv> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:46:12 -0600, Idiot <none@again.com> wrote:
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>>>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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>>¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø°º¤ø...tornado shanks
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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!!

Yes and no. A P3 733 ought to run half-decent with XP, with the
graphical settings all turned down/off (which will look kind of like
Win98, actually). It won't be nearly as nippy with XP as it was with
98SE, but it should be functional.

If it's an older P3, like 500MHz, then XP probably will be just a big drain.

- NRen2k5

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