[pchelpers] Re: when buying a new pc....?

Hi Re-Na

It's not impossible to get a bundled pc installed with
Win98. I bought mine a few months ago and it came
preinstalled with Win98SE (exactly what I wanted). It
came with a Lotus Smart Suite on CD and Norton
Anti-virus preinstalled.

It's an HP Brio PIII 1Ghz processor. 

Well even if it comes with another OS, you can always
reformat it to your liking and install the OS of your
choice. Or ask the vendor to install another OS for
you. Instead of Word Perfect why not download the free
Star Office? User friendly and not resource intensive
like MS OFfice. 

WinME may give you lots of headaches when it comes to
driver compatibility. We reformat all the machines
that come with ME to install either Win98SE or Win2K
Pro. 

One professional wrote that WinME is not for novices.
It has to be tweaked extensively to be useable!
Involved heaps of registry hacking to get it to work
the way he wanted it. 

Just my 2¢ worth.

Tonia


 --- "G.R. Hanson" <grhanson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I'm going to file all the responses I get and then
> get back with the person I know
> that is in the market for the pc.
> Let me thank everyone in advance for any input I
> will get on this.
> "THANKS"
> 
> G.R. Hanson
> Arkansas USA
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TekPhobia@xxxxxxx>
> To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 11:49 PM
> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: when buying a new pc....?
> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> 
> In a message dated 10/18/2001 9:45:26 PM Pacific
> Daylight Time,
> grhanson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> 
> > I need some input.  I know everyone might have a
> differing opinion, but I
> > still want to see what you  have to say.
> >
> > When buying a new pc from a company like Dell or
> Gateway....
> > they come with Win XP or 2000 or ME it seems.  I
> guess you can't get one
> > with 98 on it anymore.
> > What would you recommend for someone that has been
> using win 95 for a
> > million years and is not that pc literate?
> 
> 
> Well, if someone has been using Win 95 since
> 1,000,000B.C. then I'd suggest
> Win Me. It's very much like 98 just a few GUI
> changes which resemble Win2k's
> GUI in some ways. Personally, I'd choose WinMe or
> Win2K....gonna stay
> faaaarrrr away from XP.
> 
> -Tim
> 
> 
> >
> > Also, they are use to using their old version of
> WordPerfect, and some
> > Microsoft Word.  It seems no bundled software
> packages come with
> > WordPerfect anymore.  Do you think they should get
> 'office' and then
> > install their old WordPerfect software?  <Just
> wondering because that is
> > what they are use to using.>
> >
> > I'll probably have more questions, but that will
> do for a start.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > G.R. Hanson
> > Arkansas USA
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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