Value? Difficult to say. If Windows 98 does what you want, then there's no
value in switching. If it's something you're doing to the PC that makes
Windows 98 slow and unstable then XP will definitely not solve that problem
either.

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"Eric V" Eric wrote in message
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My desktop, using W98, has become slow/unstable over the last 6 months,
despite virus/adware/spyware protection. Specs indicate it can handle XP
(512Mb RAM, 1.8 Ghz). Can anyone comment about the value of the change,
and
the risks, if any, that it entails?