Fwd: [Re: [WriteLog] More re XP Upgrade Issues]

7 Nov 2001 00:28:47 CST

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My reason for upgrading was to move my relatively new 1 GHz Athlon machin=
e off
WindowsME which has proven to be the worst Win9x op sys I've ever run. =

Constant blue-screens, and it took forever to get a set of drivers for th=
e
nVidia graphics board it came with that would not cause problems.  I've u=
sed
Win2000Pro on my laptop at work and have been very happy with its stabili=
ty
and resistance to lockups/hangs/fails.  I was almost first in line to get=
 XP
and have been very happy with it.  =

By the way, the magazine editorials (I subscribe to most of them since I =
work
in the computer industry) were about moving your business applications fr=
om
Win2000 to WinXP.  Since XP is Win2000 with added compatibility for much =
of
the home and gaming software/hardware, there is no real reason for most
businesses to consider upgrading.  However, almost every review says that=
 if
you're running Win9x of any flavor, and your system can support WinXP (~5=
00
MHz or faster and 128MB memory minimum) then moving to XP is a no-brainer=
=2E  As
hams, we have a possible compatibility problem with the change in the par=
allel
port, but, otherwise I've found it to be a much needed improvement.  But,=
 like
someone just mentioned, if you're happy with your system on the earlier
Windows systems, don't move!  =

Hope this tempers some of the earlier messages about there being no reaso=
n to
upgrade.  'Tain't so for everyone - hi!

   73, Duane =

Duane Calvin, AC5AA
Austin, Texas

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Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 21:52:55 -0600

I agree with Marty one hundred percent.  Why spend one hundred bucks to bash your
head up against the wall with potential computer problems.  There is better
things to do in life than to be a volunteer Microsoft beta tester.

Best Regards,

Dave KG0US

Marty Tippin wrote:

> I'm wondering what compelling reason there is to move to Windows XP?
> Especially for a ham shack computer??
>
> (Heck, even some of the best-known columnists in various PC magazines have
> come out recommending against migration to XP, so there must be something
> they know that we don't...)
>
> Having been a professional Windows programmer for the last 10 years, I've
> learned the hard way to join the "If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It" school
> of operating systems.
>
> Though I may be working with the latest operating systems at work, my home
> PCs all ran Windows 95 for quite a while after Windows98 came out, and I
> only upgraded to Windows2000 on my home machines about 3 months ago, after
> determining that there wasn't anything that I would "lose" by moving to the
> new OS (like parallel port CW interface, etc.).
>
> For those of you who think you absolutely *have* to upgrade, I'd challenge
> you to list 4 or 5 good reasons why you have to move. If the best you can
> do is, "It's new," then I'd advise sticking with what works. If there's
> some new feature that you have to have, then go for it. But otherwise, for
> the casual home user, I don't know of any reason to use a version other
> than Windows 98 -- it's stable, well supported, doesn't "take away"
> functionality like Win2K and XP, and runs well on modestly powerful machines.
>
> If you *do* upgrade to XP, you should really make sure you're hardware is
> up to the task. It was bad enough trying to run Win98 on a Pentium 166; I
> wouldn't try to run XP on anything less than a P-III 600 or better (an
> arbitrarily chosen minimum). You might notice that they've been giving away
> memory sticks with the purchase of WinXP. I wonder why that is...
>
> Sorry if this sounds like a rant, but we went through the same thing here
> when Win2K came out.
>
> Bottom line: If you don't know why you need to upgrade, you don't need to
> upgrade!
>
> -Marty NW0L
>   martyt@pobox.com
>
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