Robert writ: I, personally, am wondering how you are limping by on a 10 year old OS. :) more: why to dump win98 http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-5034539.html and why to keep it http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-1035_11-5136887.html the main security issues are plugged by using a better faster browser(opera ;) and as stated in the 'why to keep' article, a big reason for me is familiarity. I know how it works, what it does, how to streamline it and keep it purring. Win2k is still proving to be a steep learning curve, and XP is downright objectionable, refusing to do what it is told and when it's grounded, the rotten thing sneaks out at night and gets it's self updated! Vista's DRM inclusion has me very wary.. the Linux brigades offerings are too far removed with my zone of comfort and while BEos and others have great appeal, failing to run applications I want is a big downside. Years ago I learned BASIC and programmed and worked with early puters happily. Later I learned unix and worked and programmed those boxes happily. I knew my way around them intimately and was happy. DOS came along, I learned a bit then fell out of computing. Returning saw Win3.11 - another steep learning curve, then I learned 95, 95b, 98 and finally 98SE to be honest, I'm kinda tired of starting over from scratch again I have a shiny Ford Fairlane with all the bells and whistles, wood grain, remote control everything - luverly to drive. One day it spat a cloud of smoke when I was on the way home and I limped it at 4kph back across quite a distance, unable to undertake a repair of any description - and linking to the engine control management system and running the diagnostics revealed 'no fault'. Later a canny mechanic friend who also got a 'no fault' reading determined that it was a sensor that had gone - lucky me.. almost a thousand dollars later something that tells the rotten car computer what temperature the incoming air is, is replaced. Lucky? well yes.. an internal light globe anywhere in the car (the boot even!) could have blown.. and that tells the Smart Security system there's a fault, which locks down the engine management computer, which means the car cannot be started! In a country like Australia where a single day can see you dead from dehydration, I think that's criminal so my NEXT car (an upgrade to me ;) is the 1970 Plymouth Fury with a mildly worked 440 is sitting in the shed being restored. I know how to work on them :) k
