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Old July 3rd 04, 10:09 AM
Gary S. Terhune
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Default Upgrade....can I avoid..help please

The specs already mentioned indicate a basic machine that is quite ready for
XP, but you're right, it might have some add-ons that would cause problems.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP for Win9x

"Lil' Dave" wrote in message
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Just my experiences. Don't change OSes until moving to another newer,
faster motherboard or newer, faster PC.
NT/2K/XP seem faster accessing the internet or networking period at

default
installation. These also seem to need more protection nowadays,
disfunctionalizing the networking speed factor vs. 98/98SE/ME.
Another alternative is to use a boot manager that will hide OSes from each
other entirely including their boot files, and these OSes will be on
separate partitions. MS has website that describes both hardware
requirements, and workable applications for XP. A downloadable file is
available from MS that will check your PC to see if it will work with XP,
its a big, big file.
Based on what you wrote for usage, see no reason to change.
"Terry" wrote in message
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Win98se
Athlon 2.2
512m/b ram
60gig h/d
Office XP
Epson Printer & Scanner

End user..odd game....spreadshhet work...& basic internet useage.

I am about to connect to ADSL from DUN, and wish to know more about
how the various O/S's would or would not improve my system
significantly. Support for 98SE, only if I should need it..?

I am happy with 98SE but unsure if I would be any better off with say
'XP'.??........speeds??

What are the differences in O/S's ??

Do I need to U/G.

I am able to run my mostly used App' (Office XP) ok with 98SE.

I do not fancy reformatting as it took a while to get all my many
Apps' & utils' etc. installed, as well as customising the PC.

I read here of many problems encountered when upgrades are attempted.

TIA





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Old July 5th 04, 11:24 PM
Terry
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Default Upgrade....can I avoid..help please

Grateful for all posts...very interesting and knowledgeable articles,
which I will save and read through in more detail nearer the TIME.

Staying "as is" at present.....I hate upgrading due to the many
possible pitfalls and procedures.(for what)?

My son who live away from my area, upgraded and ended up taking it
into the PC shop£££££.
I suppose I will unfortunately have to upgrade
eventually.Grrrrrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhh!!

Regards

Terry


On Sat, 3 Jul 2004 02:09:36 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune"
wrote:

The specs already mentioned indicate a basic machine that is quite ready for
XP, but you're right, it might have some add-ons that would cause problems.


 




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