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Thanks everyone for all your replies. I just got back into town and
didn't realize this thraad kept on as long as it did. I would keep 98 as
you suggest, but I work from home as a consultant, and my employer is
requiring that I upgrade. I do "enough" as you mentioned, so I'm not a
total novice, but I too don't want to support Microsoft anymore than I
have to, and also wanted to make sure that the OEM versions wouldn't
cause me any future problems--I just built the computer that I have
about 6 months ago and already feel like I'm getting bored with it, and
I've read about some horror stories about when XP is installed there
might be a big hassle "reactivating??" it when one changes major
components such as motherboards, etc.--too big a monopoly in my opinion.
As far as Linux goes, I *am* planning to eventually set up a dual boot
and get familiar with it.
John Doe wrote:
> jeh <jehno@spamalltel.net> wrote:
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>>John Doe wrote:
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>>>I think the only difference is that you must do a clean install
>>>with the OEM version. I never do an upgrade install anyway
>>>(maybe once a long time ago), so OEM is fine.
>>>In direct answer to your question, No, I don't think there is
>>>any difference in that way. If you do upgrade installations
>>>with the retail version, you are more likely to run into
>>>problems. Doing clean installs is more work upfront. It's up to
>>>you.
>>>This might be more advanced than the options you need, but the
>>>real way to install Windows is to make incremental backup
>>>copies and keep copies you can revert to when things go wrong.
>>>Even now with XP's stability, I wouldn't do without a disk
>>>manager.
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>>Sounds like you have a lot of problems with XP. I've been doing
>>pretty good with 98, and I'm sort of hesitant to change, but I
>>do some work online with various companies and they are starting
>>to require a more updated os for the security aspect of it.
>>Think I should wait for Longhorn?
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> I put my personal computer to the test, persistently. Currently, I
> am beginning what in my little world is a new era of speech
> recognition, integrating that into the whole. I am looking forward
> to integrating speech into my system wide macro recorder, to make
> Windows dance on my verbal command.
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> Even if you do little with your computer, a disk manager probably
> is useful. Apparently you do enough, since you are concerned
> enough to ask about OEM versus retail versions of Windows XP.
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> If you don't mind the hassles, stick with Windows 98. I wouldn't
> recommend Windows XP because I want to increase Microsoft's
> wealth. You just have to keep paying personal computer user dues
> if you want a smooth running system.
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