is xp worth it

I have been using Millenium for approx 3 years and have
had very few crashes (touch wood)!!!. I am considering
upgrading to XP as I think this is the way forward. My
question is simple. Should I upgrade or wait or for the
next version of windows? By the way - my computer is up to
spec ie Athlon xp2000, 60gig hard drive, 512mb ram, 128mb
graphics card etc

question is simple. Should I upgrade or wait or for the
next version of windows?

It could be quite a long wait as I don't expect the successor to XP to ship
until late 2006 at the earliest. That operating system is code named
"Longhorn" and has yet to enter formal testing although a couple of alpha
builds have been released to developers.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



brian wrote:

I have been using Millenium for approx 3 years and have
had very few crashes (touch wood)!!!. I am considering
upgrading to XP as I think this is the way forward. My
question is simple. Should I upgrade or wait or for the
next version of windows? By the way - my computer is up to
spec ie Athlon xp2000, 60gig hard drive, 512mb ram, 128mb
graphics card etc

If your WindowsMe system is stable and does everything you need it to do,
why spend the money on a Windows XP upgrade? Your system would be a very
good Windows XP computer, the specs are quite acceptable. But if what you
have makes you happy now ... keep the money and buy a nice dinner for
yourself and a guest instead. :-)

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x]
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* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
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"brian" wrote in message
...
I have been using Millenium for approx 3 years and have
had very few crashes (touch wood)!!!. I am considering
upgrading to XP as I think this is the way forward. My
question is simple. Should I upgrade or wait or for the
next version of windows? By the way - my computer is up to
spec ie Athlon xp2000, 60gig hard drive, 512mb ram, 128mb
graphics card etc

"brian" wrote:
I have been using Millenium for approx 3 years and have
had very few crashes (touch wood)!!!. I am considering
upgrading to XP as I think this is the way forward. My
question is simple. Should I upgrade or wait or for the
next version of windows? By the way - my computer is up to
spec ie Athlon xp2000, 60gig hard drive, 512mb ram, 128mb
graphics card etc


This article present good arguments to upgrade, though I echo
the comments of Mr. Harper that Win Me if healthy is a good
of a Win O/S an any -
http://aumha.org/a/whichwin.php

HTH
~Silj

--
siljaline

MS - MVP Windows (IE/OE) AH-VSOP
________________________________
Anti-Parasite Definition Updates
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=31

(Reply to group, as return address
is invalid - that we may all benefit)

Somebody call my name? :-)

Actually, I've been itching to share this story for a while now ... as most
of the regulars here know, I'm a system administrator for a fair-sized WAN
(three sites, 12 servers, approx. 250 PCs) which is in turn hooked up to a
larger corporate WAN. We have everything from Windows Server 2003 to AIX,
Windows XP to Windows 95.

On a shelf in the back of the tech work area we have one "emergency" laptop
that we use whenever we need to start checking issues on the network. It's
not allowed to be used for anything else so it's known "clean" if that's an
issue.

It runs Windows Millennium Edition.

'nuff said. ;-)

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x]
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"siljaline" wrote in message
...

This article present good arguments to upgrade, though I echo
the comments of Mr. Harper that Win Me if healthy is a good
of a Win O/S an any -
http://aumha.org/a/whichwin.php

Now that I like. vbg

IMO Win Me's SFP puts it streets ahead of the other 9x operating systems
provided that one doesn't want to run geriatric applications requiring real
mode or have a love affair with Symantec.
--
Mike


Richard G. Harper wrote:

Somebody call my name? :-)

Actually, I've been itching to share this story for a while now ... as
most of the regulars here know, I'm a system administrator for a
fair-sized WAN (three sites, 12 servers, approx. 250 PCs) which is in
turn hooked up to a larger corporate WAN. We have everything from
Windows Server 2003 to AIX, Windows XP to Windows 95.

On a shelf in the back of the tech work area we have one "emergency"
laptop that we use whenever we need to start checking issues on the
network. It's not allowed to be used for anything else so it's known
"clean" if that's an issue.

It runs Windows Millennium Edition.

'nuff said. ;-)

No-one's *that* perverted, Mike, surely?

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
......... or have a love affair with Symantec.
--
Mike

lol
You'd be surprised.
Joan

Noel Paton wrote:
No-one's *that* perverted, Mike, surely?


"Mike M" wrote in message
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........ or have a love affair with Symantec.
--
Mike

There seem to be plenty in these newsgroups who appear to believe the word of
Symantec as if it were the Gospels. I can never understand why since they
haven't produced anything innovative for a decade or more.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Noel Paton wrote:

No-one's *that* perverted, Mike, surely?

WinFax Pro ain't bad. Nothing special, but not bad. Joe Starin

"Mike M" wrote in message
...
There seem to be plenty in these newsgroups who appear to believe the word
of
Symantec as if it were the Gospels. I can never understand why since they
haven't produced anything innovative for a decade or more.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Noel Paton wrote:

No-one's *that* perverted, Mike, surely?