-=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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