[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:
>
>>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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> Let's Roll
>
Gil Baron http://members.home.com/gbaron
W0MN 44.08208 N 92.51263 W 1055'
"Baila como nadie te ve"
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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 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. 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.<br><br>
Me, I am gonna wait.<br><br>
cdn<br>
Oh, to keep on topic, DOES XP RUN WRITELOG OK? 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>
<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>--<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Let's
Roll<br><br>
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<font face="Courier New, Courier">Gil Baron
<a href="http://members.home.com/gbaron" eudora="autourl">http://members.home.com/gbaron</a><br>
W0MN 44.08208 N 92.51263 W 1055'<br>
"Baila como nadie te ve" <br>
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