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

Gil Baron gbaron@home.com
Fri, 09 Nov 2001 19:45:53 -0600


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At 18:19 11/9/2001, Dean Norris wrote:
>At 17:38 11/9/2001, Gil Baron wrote:
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>>OTOH look at the articles on and pointed to by the LockerGnome mailing 
>>list. XP is as bad as 1/2 the speed of  WIN2000 for many applications and 
>>also worse than WIN98. If you have WIN 2000 and do not have to upgrade, don't.
>>If you have ANY version of WIN98 then it is worth the money and th e 
>>hassle, even if you have to upgrade hardware. VERY little software that 
>>runs on WIN98 will need upgrades.
>
>
>A computer 'geek' friend of mine went to XP as soon as he could.  It is 
>"noticeably faster than 2K" in his words.  He loved 2K and is enthralled 
>with XP.  He is going to install on his kid's machines, too.
>
>Me, I am gonna wait.
>
>cdn
>Oh, to keep on topic, DOES XP RUN WRITELOG OK?  LPT Keying issues?
>
>unkadean


It is exactly like WIN2k on that. NO LPT support UNLESS you buy a port 
driver. See earlier postings.




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At 18:19 11/9/2001, Dean Norris wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>At 17:38 11/9/2001, Gil Baron
wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>OTOH look at the articles on and
pointed to by the LockerGnome mailing list. XP is as bad as 1/2 the speed
of&nbsp; WIN2000 for many applications and also worse than WIN98. If you
have WIN 2000 and do not have to upgrade, don't.<br>
If you have ANY version of WIN98 then it is worth the money and th e
hassle, even if you have to upgrade hardware. VERY little software that
runs on WIN98 will need upgrades.<br>
</blockquote><br><br>
A computer 'geek' friend of mine went to XP as soon as he could.&nbsp; It
is &quot;noticeably faster than 2K&quot; in his words.&nbsp; He loved 2K
and is enthralled with XP.&nbsp; He is going to install on his kid's
machines, too.<br><br>
Me, I am gonna wait.<br><br>
cdn<br>
Oh, to keep on topic, DOES XP RUN WRITELOG OK?&nbsp; LPT Keying
issues?<br><br>
unkadean</blockquote><br><br>
It is exactly like WIN2k on that. NO LPT support UNLESS you buy a port
driver. See earlier postings.<br>
<br><br>
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