Which OS?

randynutts · Jan 26, 2003

WIN98 sucks. anyone still running this dino sour needs another matching brain cell or two.

wally_ · Jan 26, 2003

Quote from gnome:

I've been running it in my trading computer for about a year. I've had 2 system crashes... both within 10 minutes of installing Opera 7 beta 2. Uninstalled it, no crashes since. (Currently running Opera 7 beta 1. The browser crashes almost every day, but doesn't take the OS with it.)

That's what happens on my puter now too, programs sometimes crash, fewer than before though, but this rarely ever takes the system down.

wally_ · Jan 26, 2003

Quote from randynutts:

WIN98 sucks. anyone still running this dino sour needs another matching brain cell or two.

Or perhaps is just the way around. Those who still run it, know how to handle computers... just some innocent thought...

randynutts · Jan 26, 2003

if you knew anything at all about your computer you wouldn't be running win98 in the first place genius.

wally_ · Jan 26, 2003

Quote from canyonman00:

Generally, I recommend to my clients that they not set up a new OS that is under a year old. You really don't want to become a free Microsoft test platform.

Good point, that's one of the reasons I am still holding off, particularly that I have no compelling reason to switch to a newer machine.

wally_ · Jan 26, 2003

Quote from randynutts:

if you knew anything at all about your computer you wouldn't be running win98 in the first place genius.

Relax, dude. That's the reason I am still running it, because I know a lot about it. Otherwise I would not be able to optimize it.

randynutts · Jan 26, 2003

You da man wally. You can overcome the inherent limit ations of the OS. You def en at ly da man!

Ninja · Jan 26, 2003

Quote from wally_:

... I have optimized my Win98SE and have rarely ever had any crashes since then...

That are still too much crashes for every professional (trading) user.

Ninja · Jan 26, 2003

Quote from wally_:

Relax, dude. That's the reason I am still running it, because I know a lot about it. Otherwise I would not be able to optimize it.

Maybe you know how to optimize it, but obviously you do not know that its is simply not worthwile to optimize it, because it still crashes while there are better solutions out there.

igsi · Jan 26, 2003

Quote from Lobster:

OK, it's true if you don't know a real O/S you might think MSFT has all these capabilities. Let me elaborate:

Lobster, I skipped whatever you elaborated because it was not convincing. Whatever you posted would not stand a critique. You see, if you do not know how to do things with XP that does not mean those things can't be done, either from within OS or by using free third party tools. I am not here to educate you on broad XP usage, however, if you insist, give me your best shot what is that that you can't leave without but has not figured it out how to set it up. I think I can help you with that in exchange of you playing down your anti-windows attitude.