-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Is 98 better than XP?
- From: "SandiBeach" <SandiBeach@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 10:11:46 -0500
Well!!! That's a bummer. Guess I will stay with Win 98 SE as long as it
still works.
Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: "David J. Weaver" <weaverdj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 7:17 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Is 98 better than XP?
> 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
>
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