RE: Bought Windows XP, but it will gather dust...

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Sounds like you're still running OS/2.  :-)

XP is better than 3.1, 95, 95 OSR2, 98, 98SE, NT 4.  I know, not saying
much.  It's also prettier than Win2k.  :-)

What peeves me is needing a new version of Norton AntiVirus, Adaptec EZ CD
Creator, etc because the crippled function provided in XP isn't compatible
(or, more likely, collusion with the utility software makers to force
otherwise unnecessary upgrades).

I've been running RC2 for a couple of months now (since the Cisco VPN client
got upgraded to run on XP) and it is solid, quick, and compatible with CAE.
I've got a home built ASUS CUSL2 866mhx PIII with 512mb ram, 60gb of disk,
HP9500i burner.

I'd still be on Warp if it could handle the computer hardware (not to
mention the steering wheel for Nascar4, joystick for Falcon4) and scanner.
It's still a better OS and IBM was stupid to drop it.  I always have a small
fear of IBM dropping superior OS's after that...

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From: Bale, Dan [mailto:Dan.Bale@handleman.com]
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:16 AM
To: midrange-nontech@midrange.com
Subject: Bought Windows XP, but it will gather dust...


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Boy, do I ever have mixed feelings on this.  I wonder how many others
are doing this.

Staples is running a promotion that gets you about $500 worth of
merchandise for the cost of buying XP plus the sales tax on that $500
and the cost of postage.  I will actually use, and have been planning or
was already shopping for, about $350 worth of that merchandise.  Final
cost: $135.

What really bugs me is that I am adding to the number of XP copies that
Microsh*t has sold and gets to brag about.  In its current state, I
wouldn't let XP within 10 feet of my PC.

Maybe I should set up a small bonfire and videotape the sacrifice of an
unopened XP package.  And post that video on a web site somewhere.  I
understand that CD-ROMs burn with brilliant colors.

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com
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