Re: Seeking help for learning system for absolute beginners

On 1/27/08 6:52 PM, in article fnj5f7$2qf$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"rpl"
<plinnane3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> krw wrote:
>> In article <479cecd0.216152390@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, grue@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> says...
>>> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:54:25 +0000 (UTC), Maciej Katafiasz
>>> <mathrick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>> tried to confuse everyone with this message:
>>> 
>>>> Den Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:42:40 -0800 skrev pg:
>>>> 
>>>>> The computers will be Windows 98SE based
>>>> Please don't. It's the worst possible OS to install for such a
scenario.
>>>> It'll be unmaintainable for you, and (what's even worse) will teach
the
>>>> kids that computers are inherently unreliable and not to be trusted.
>>> What a bunch of FUD. Win98 is easily the best OS Microsoft has ever
created.
>>> Too
>>> bad they don't sup****t it anymore.
>> 
>> Troll.
>> 
> 
> depends on your POV; win98se does have alot of sup****ters.  I (continue
> to) use XP because it hasn't crashed since I installed it; if it wasn't
> for that I'd probably still be using win98se or winme; *much* lighter,
> more user-comprehensible, full command line; get infected and just
> reinstall in a couple minutes.
> 

The biggest issues I had with Win98SE/Me was with memory usage/release. I
used a program that would free up memory, with a user-selectable threshold
(Rambooster). It became a very stable system after that.

I went from, on average, rebooting once or twice a day (depending on
usage)
to going a week between reboots.

I'm sure your mileage may vary - one of our XP machines at work needs
rebooting at least once per ****ft. Application issues still create havoc
with the rest of the OS.