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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] 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... -----Original Message----- 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... This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] 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 _______________________________________________ This is the Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries (Midrange-NonTech) mailing list To post a message email: Midrange-NonTech@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-nontech or email: Midrange-NonTech-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-nontech.
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