Re: Inbox contents simply vanished
Just an FYI:
Microsoft appears to have extended the date for XP HOME sales due to issues
with VISTA and need for a RELIABLE OS for ULCPCs.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/apr08/04-03xpeos.mspx
Soooo, adjust your thinking caps again....
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"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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| PCR wrote:
| > Bill in Co. wrote:
| >> PCR wrote:
| >>> Bill in Co. wrote:
| >>>> Bill in Co. wrote:
| >>>>> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
| >>>>>> [I note that Bill is running WinXP SP2 now, not Win98.]
| >>>>>
| >>>>> Mostly now, but I still have my Win98SE up and running. More
| >>>>> below.
| >>>>
| >>>> Hey PCR, if you're considering WinXP (i.e., in addition to W98SE,
| >>>> like me
, better not wait too much longer, as time is running
| >>>> out. After June - no more XP.
| >>>
| >>> I've noted more/more complaints about that, & I see the article Bear
| >>> dredged up at your request. BUT...
| >>>
| >>> (a) This Compaq 7470 with Win98SE seems to be going well yet,
| >>> despite a hard drive crash, 2 monitors gone black & a mouse
| >>> gone jumpy. (There was a big scare with the CD-R/W, but it
| >>> recovered more/less on its own 3 days later-- miraculously!)
| >>
| >> But, sooner or later you may not even be able to do online banking
| >> anymore, at the rate things are going. And some (most?) of the Tax
| >> programs won't install on W98SE anymore! (as another example)
| >
| > I can do some banking over the phone with an 800 number. For the rest, I
| > just walk there. ConEd also will take payments over the phone from a
| > regular checking account. So will Verison-- but they charge! Therefore,
| > I still send them a check.
|
| What I meant by online banking was that I pay ALL my bills that way.
It's
| really convenient as I don't have to mail anything. However, I do have
| paper bills sent to me. So its a marriage of technologies: incoming
bills
| are on paper, so I can save the paper records, but all payments are made
| online through my bank and I don't have to mail anything!! It's just
| deducted from my bank account.
|
| > I do my taxes with MS Works Spreadsheet. I then manually transfer the
| > best outcome to paper. I used to print forms from the government site,
| > but I ran out of ink 3 years ago. So, I'm back to having them send them
| > to me. I never did try to do my taxes online-- for fear they might see
| > the various preliminary outcomes!
|
| You don't have to do them online. I don't do them online - I use the Tax
| CD to install the program on my computer.
|
| I think it would be easier than using a spreadsheet, since the tax forms
are
| automatically filled in as you make the entries within the tax program -
| plus you can e-file the results and not send any paper to the Feds or the
| State, which is nice. And of course you can print the results if you
want.
| The only drawback is that you need to get a new one for each year.
|
| >> Plus (I'll have to admit this - albeit reluctantly), one good thing
| >> I've noticed about XP is I rarely, if ever, get a blue screen anymore
| >> (it sure seems more robust, for sure).
| >
| > Hmm. But you & I never got many with Win98, either-- not that we've
| > often admitted to!
|
| Well, I did have a few, when I was getting down and dirty with it, but I
| haven't had that happen yet in XP. I think (now) there is some truth to
| it being more robust. But then again, there is a bit more overhead, but
| nothing like VISTA (ugh).
|
| >>> (b) There is EBAY or such as Terhune said, if/when the worst
| >>> happens, either for a full machine or a WinXP CD for a Dell,
| >>> as you say.
| >>
| >> I guess you could always consider eBay, but it IS kinda nice buying
| >> it new from Dell (they aren't that expensive now, either - as in,
| >> under $800)
| >
| > That isn't bad. I'd go running for that, except this machine isn't dead
| > yet.
|
| Mine wasn't either, so I have it over here next to me as a backup (or
| spare).
|
| BTW, I also upgraded that Win98SE computer with a much faster
microprocessor
| while I still could get one (from PowerLeap). But they've since
| discontinued that specific upgrade since it was so old (my Win98SE Dell
| dates back to about 2000, or so, and I originally had an 800 MHz chip, but
| now it has a 1.4 GHz one (and after the necessary BIOS update).
|
| >>> (c) Who knows Vista may have been improved or replaced by then.
| >>
| >> Who knows??? I know!
Waaaaaaay too bloated, and always
| >> will be. It has to be, since it's like XP bloated on steroids. It
| >> ain't going to get leaner, that's for sure. I'd roughly estimate
| >> the ballpark sizes of just the operating systems as follows:
| >>
| >> Win98SE: 200 MB (nice and lean!)
| >> Win XP: 2 GB (a bit of overhead here, but tolerable for its
| >> robustness)
| >> Vista 20 GB (let's not go here!!!)
| >
| > That does sound pretty bad! What on earth could it need 20 GB for!? My
| > primary hard drive is only that big! (But I do have a 2nd of 40 GB.) I'm
| > sure I would make the same choice you did-- but it isn't my time yet!
|
| I'm not sure about the figures above (esp Vista), but I think they are
about
| right. Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong (for the rough estimates).
|
| >> And WinXP can run well on 512 MB (and perhaps even 256K) of RAM.
| >> Try anything close to that on VISTA - and FORGET IT!!! You can
| >> START with 1 GB (what a WASTE!!)
| >>
| >> I could be off a bit, but that's my rough guess-estimation.
| >> Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong.
| >
| > If you are anywhere close-- it's close enough for me! I would go for XP
| > too.
|
| Yeah, but time is running out. So I decided it was now or never (back
in
| January), when MS put out that deadline of June.
|
| And you can't even get XP installed on some OEMs now, as it is. Dell is
| nice in that you can, but only on certain models.
|
| Anyway, think about it.
| (I still think Win98SE is great, but some things about WinXP are nice, too
|
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