[bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP

Jaws 8.0 users will have a free update.  Magic and Zoomtext I cannot comment on 
yet but will report on later.  Right now and probably until March next year 
people won't be "faced with VISTA" if they don't want.  The supply of XP 
machines will not dry up immediately.  I base this on the fact that the VISTA 
Express Upgrade scheme ends around then when they probably expect stocks of XP 
units to start drying up.  If buying from a regular system builder it may 
remain possible for users to specify XP for some time to come.

Regards.

Tristram Llewellyn
Sight and Sound Technology
Technical Support
www.sightandsound.co.uk

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Charles Crisp 
  To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:34 PM
  Subject: [bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP


  To pick up on this point.

  How will Vista cope with enlarging and screen reading software. Many people
  have had problems with IE 7 and now will be faced with Vista when they buy a
  new machine.

  Kind regards
   
  Charles Crisp
   
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  -----Original Message-----
  From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
  Of Tristram Llewellyn
  Sent: 14 December 2006 15:14
  To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP

  XP will be cheaper and you will get better value out of the hardware as it
  presently stands.  Base end memory config for VISTA would be 1GB RAM
  straight away with another stick on the way quick.  XP is not going to
  dissappear from support for some years to come.  Niether are screen reader
  manufacturers going to drop XP in a hurry.
   
  Regards.
   
  Tristram Llewellyn
  Sight and Sound Technology
  Technical Support
  www.sightandsound.co.uk


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Graham Page <mailto:gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
  To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 1:53 PM
  Subject: [bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP

  probably. the machine does not really have the power to run Vista
  and I 
  wouldn't suggest doing this in a hurry.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Charles Crisp " <charlescrisp@xxxxxxx>
  To: <bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 1:02 PM
  Subject: [bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP


  Hi

  Forgive this late comment but is using XP upgrade the way to go when
  Vista
  is just around the corner.

  Kind regards

  Charles Crisp

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  On Behalf
  Of Graham Page
  Sent: 12 December 2006 20:11
  To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP

  This is an access to work person but you would be lucky if Access to
  work
  paid for you to upgrade a PC as this is really a business need.  I
  would say
  that for any business, an upgrade from Windows ME or 98 to XP is
  absolutely
  essential because of the lack of security updates.

  Cheers

  Graham ----- Original Message ----- 

  From: George Bell <mailto:george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 11:44 AM
  Subject: [bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP

  Hi Graham,

  I put "Windows 98" (in quotes) into Google, and up came Amazon,
  among others.



  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Windows-Second-version-Home-asin/dp/B00004U7MU

  I'm a bit confused since you now mention Access to Work.  If they
  are paying, why not simply go for the full new version of XP?

  George.

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  From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
  On Behalf Of Graham Page
  Sent: 11 December 2006 17:20
  To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP


  Hi George.  I would say that if you are going to upgrade then indeed
  you may as well go for a gig.

  This is a small organisation, a church based project.  I have
  nothing to do with the project but get the impression that they
  would like
  to save any money they can.  If they have a Windows 98 CD then I
  would like
  to go for an XP upgrade unless the difference in cost really is
  small.

  Where would be the best place to look? doing a google search just
  seems to come up with loads of these crappy price comparison sites
  which can
  be quite good though the best prices fluctuate wildly and are not
  really
  suitable for Access to Work quotes where it can be at least a week
  or 2
  before the order is made.

  Regards

  Graham

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: George Bell <mailto:george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 4:32 PM
  Subject: [bcab] Re: upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP

  Hi Graham,

  Personally, I'd opt for a NEW version of XP (SP2), rather
  than have to rely on having to obtain (and keep) an 98 CD.

  May I also recommend upping the RAM to a full Gigabyte.
  512MB is really pushing it these days.

  George.

  ________________________________

  From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graham Page
  Sent: 11 December 2006 15:10
  To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [bcab] upgrading from windows 98 to windows XP


  Hi all.

  I have a client running windows 98 on a PC with 512MB of RAM
  and a Pentium 4 processor with a clock speed of 3 GHZ.

  This person is likely to need an upgrade as she uses this to
  connect to the internet for her work and of course Windows 98 is no
  longer
  getting security updates etc.  Also, I know connecting an IPaq is
  now
  difficult with Windows 98, though I would have thought that
  Activesync 3.8
  ought to work. maybe this is not the case with Windows Mobile 2005.

  Anyway, is the best route to buy an upgrade disk and then
  use it to do a clean install, supplying the original Windows 98 disk
  when
  asked?

  Where is the best place to buy a Windows 98 upgrade from or
  am I not likely to get one now?  In this case is the only for this
  client to
  buy a full boxed version of Windows XP?

  Regards

  Graham
  Graham Page
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