Loghorn means having to say good-bye to all your favorite programs as MS has plainly stated that nothing that works with XP or lower will work with Longhorn. Dave -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of SandiBeach Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 6:46 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Is 98 better than XP? Win 98 SE--hands down! But I figure I will have to upgrade some day since support will no longer be available for Win 98--but maybe I can skip XP and go straight to Longhorn??? :-) Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "suzanne" <lailoken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 4:31 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Is 98 better than XP? > hey Glenn... I have a triple boot system, with 98se, 2k and xp pro on it... > xp pro is the one I like least of all.... preferring 2k to all because of > the way it handles memory and the fact that I never have had a bsod with > this OS on this particular machine. > > but I digress... you want to compare 98 with xp... I leave my system on > 24/7 and prefer not to have to reboot. when I was running xp continually > for 3 months, I had to reboot every other day - which was on par with when I > ran 98 only. xp would lock up on me during simple tasks, but not as much as > 98 would, but then again, I don't have as much loaded on xp as I do with 98, > and when 98 would lock up, it would be during more complicated tasks than > with xp. another issue I have with xp is that is that I found it difficult, > at best, to transfer files thru icq, msn messenger, etc to another user or > from another user running xp, even with the native firewall turned off > [which I found to be rather useless for blocking anything else]. > > the *go back* function did nothing for me... I turned it off as it took up > too much space on my drives. if the only 2 OSes I had to choose from were > 98 and xp, personally, I'd take 98. > > ~s To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk