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Re: Win98 versus 2000, XP, Longhorn, etc.
de Sparkle 06/21/2006 10:25
Howard Schwartz wrote:
> I stagnated at 98 because it still sports a real dos underneath, and
> I retain a host of still very useful dos programs. Yet, the thing
> seems more unstable and tempremental than even 95: One corrupt file or
> setting somewhere, and often a complete reinstall seems the only thing
> that repairs the problem.
Win98 is my last stop along the Windows line. No updates, no patches, it
continues to work just fine.
> Any opinions whether to perpetually upgrade or when, why and how to
> stop at a particular OS?
When the time comes that I need to move on, I suppose it'll be Linux.
Amazes me that people are willing to be specimens under the MS
microscope. And every few years, when MS says it's time, they pay again
to keep themselves there.