From: Andrew Beals
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 12:39:57 -0500, "James H. E. Maugham" <CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com>
W98Lite is very very nice. And if you leave its installer stuff on your
As the man said, if your Dad's used to W98, don't change things out from
andy
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: Thu Jan 23 2003 - 09:56:59 EST
Date: Fri Mar 30 2001 - 12:45:27 EST
wrote:
> Chris,
>
> Chris Ryland [mailto:cpr_at_emsoftware.com] wrote:
>
> > I'm giving my 2-year-old TP770 to my dad for a workhorse laptop
> > (PII/266/128MB/4G--should be fine for Word and email and occasional Internet
> > browsing), and wondering what OS might be best. He's used to Win98 on his
> > current desktop, but I'm partial to Win2k (what I'm using on my current
> > A21p) as being the most reliable choice. (Can't stand ME and don't want/need
> > to wait for XP.) So it's really between Win98 and 2k.
>
> Consider W98Lite. As your Dad's already familiar with W98, I think that would be
> the best route to go. Lite is almost as stable as W2K on older systems and has a
> MUCH smaller footprint than W2K on that 4GB HD.
system, you can use it from DOS mode to restore windows to working order after
a typical PC frelling. Ask me how I know. )-;
underneath of him.