Posted on 10/16/2001 7:03:16 PM PDT by Maceman
Darn it. Maybe there's a IMB out there somewhere. But I mean to say IBM.
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Windows Me was never stable on the one machine where it was loaded at home. I replaced it with Windows 2000. My is pleased and has no complaints. My other two machines run Windows NT 4.0 Server and Workstation respectively. My youngest son (14) prefers the stability of NT 4.0 Workstation for his needs.
XP is just hitting the streets now. I would give that one a few months to mature. There will be security and functionality patches coming after a wide spread adoption. Hold until at least SP1 is ready.
Who needs to harass anyone? Windows software is dreamed up by marketing guys and pushed to the end user. Linux software is written by the people WHO USE IT. That gives them the incentive to fix any problems in the software.
"Frequent updates are not a good thing. I want to spend my time working, not fixing or improving or patching my OS and software."
My computer ran without interuptions or crashes for 4 months. I got alot of work done during all of that time I wasn't rebooting due to a blue screen of death.
Maybe RH 7 is better....
Redhat is on 7.1. You should upgrade that 6.0 box.
Linux is a good OS for geeks and for serving web pages. It's not a good OS for Maceman.
You know Maceman?
My point is there are alternatives. Linux is good. Don't like Redhat. Fine. Debian. TurboLinux. Suse.
Or even one of the BSDs.
Maceman, if you read this, don't buy into the whole "it's not friendly enough for most users" line. Somewhere near you is a Linux user group that would be eager to help you make the switch.
That's unacceptable Ernest.
Try this: Tweaking your System Memory (W98).
If those don't work I know some nifty extras which will. FReepmail me and give me your system stats and I'll give you some advice on what to set Windows memory and system parameters to in order avoid such slowdowns and lockups.
I have been a Mac user since the first classic but my business activities were always in the PC and mainframe world. Mac was poo pooed as a toy, and this was before windows, and I used to grin at all the contortions those folks went through to do the things that were so simple on a Mac, like their backspacing to an error and retyping the rest because of no mouse. I eventually decided it was a macho thing, even with females. They seemed to think if you couldn't program, or at least be comfortable with DOS that you shouldn't even be using a computer. Despite all the evolutions of windows, and the fits and starts Mac has experienced, I still think Mac is far ahead of the game.
If you are a bit more advanced user, it's likely that you will thrash your system at least once every six months, more if you are like me, and need to reinstall.
That's why XP is so great. The system restore in it actually works extremely well. I tested it by installing Novell Client32 on it (a program that is really hard to remove--even using novell's uninstall leaves traces of it). I simple system restore removes the program files. I never have to reload again. Also the files settings and transfer wizard allows me to copy my settings to wherevere I want so that I can easily reapply them to any machine I work on. That saves me several hours whenever I build a new machine.
In fact I have two commercial servers, one running 2000 Advanced Server and one running Solaris. One hosts three websites and requires rebooting once every two weeks, the other hosts 100+ websites and requires rebooting about once every six months.
I'll let you figure out which is which...*G*
You were right the first time.
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