Re: choosing an OS and getting comfy with a new pc

Go with XP over Win2K.  You'll have better support and stability, in the
long run.  As well as less headache from Microsoft.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 3:53 PM
Subject: [PcTech] choosing an OS and getting comfy with a new pc


> Hey all,
>
> i'm soon to be the proud user of a new pc.  IBM thimkpad, I thimk.  big.
i
> mean really mindbogglingly big, at least compared with my current desktop.
>
> It's been a LOOOONG time since i've had to set up a new one and try and
get
> it as 'comfy' as my old one.
>
> Mostly, I'll be running CODE, client access, IE, notes, domino designer,
> sametime, most of office, maybe a little VB and VRPG, and probably a lot
of
> playing around in and about the whole websphere family (low end, not the
> one with enterprise java beans - yet) until I get comfortable with what
> would fit our goals. - then I expect to hit that side of it heavily.
>
> the last time I did this, it took me at least a day or 2 to transfer the
> stuff I needed from one to the other, and to configure the new one to the
> way i like it. - you know, keymapping, shortcuts, taskbar options, folder
> options, and all of the little things that you grow accustomed to that you
> never remember how you changed it in the first place.
>
> my questions are:
>
> 1.  we're in a mixed desktop OS environment - some W98, W2K and XP - I can
> probably have my choice of OS - based on the above, do you prefer W2K or
> XP?
> 2.  does everyone go through the same thing I described above, or is there
> a shortcut or series of shortcuts that could speed the above process
along?
>
> thanks,
>
> Rick