Re: desperate guy with an old laptop

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Leythos wrote:
In article <zYhJg.496592$IK3.119254@pd7tw1no>, nospam@xxxxxxxxxx says...
On Wednesday 30 August 2006 06:49 am, Leythos had this to say in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

In article <278EB34E-0CEA-49D0-8115-9DC0D4B485E2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, =?Utf-
8?B?bXIgYnJva2U=?= <mr broke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> says...
I have an old laptop. windows 98, pentium 2, 333mhz, 128mb memory, 4 gb
hard disk, and i dont have the win98 cd with me anymore. How can i
upgrade it to windows xp? Is there still hope? also, i used to connect
the internet thru dail-up, if i buy an ethernet card, will it work in my
windows 98 OS? I would really appreciate for the help. thanks.
If I were you I would stick with 98 or move to a user friendly version
of Linux.
Finally Leythos speaks some sense! Why go back to such an old o/s like Win98
with all its inherent problems when a modern Linux distro will breathe new
life into that older laptop and provide the OP with both a secure and
stable computing experience?

I've always liked Linux, but many people won't be able to easily switch to it and keep their existing apps/document formats, they will have to transition them to apps that are close, but not always good enough for working with MS formatted documents.

Oh, and he's not GOING BACK TO 98, he already has 98 on a working system, he just wants to have ethernet instead of dial-up, so making an OS change is a large move for just adding ethernet.

You would have looke more mature if you had not made the personal statement.


I agree that there is nothing wrong with 98 especially 98SE which I use frequently and actually prefer to XP Pro. Sure, XP Pro. has more settings and you need it for many modern programs and hardware but overall I have found it to be overrated. The thing that makes 98SE so nice is that it has DOS (Disk Operating System) and so you have a real maintenance operating system, like Chris Quirke, MVP mentions. I feel that I can really get into 98SE since it is so user friendly. XP Pro. does and can support the new technologies but I am one user who plans to continue to dual-boot for as long as possible because I like 98SE and need it for older legacy programs that XP simply cannot run even with the compatibility mode.
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