Re: Xy under WIN on a laptop, redux {was Re: WinXP/ME}

["J. R. Fox" jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

Irene Silverman wrote:

> It is a wonder to me that so many members of this very
> intelligent list have gone out and bought W2000 or XP. For
> months there have been warnings in newspapers and magazines
> that those OS might have trouble with DOS applications.If I
> needed a new computer right now, I'd quick buy something
> running Win98 SE before there are no more to be had.Irene
>
> Well, it wasn't my laptop -- I don't own one; just trying to
> help a relative out. (I also don't normally make much use of
> *any* flavor of WIN, although I do have NT-4 on my multi-boot
> desktop.)
>
> As to the alleged impending disappearance of W-98 SE, I doubt
> it. Here in SoCal, there are lots of regularly scheduled local
> / regional computer shows, where you can buy various
> Win-version install packages from a wide assortment of dealers,
> at modest cost. Now, most of these are quasi-legal, being
> either OEM packages that were solely intended for sale with new
> computers, not for sale separately, or Academic Discount
> packages that are supposed to have their own restrictions,
> which are widely ignored. But they are available. A good
> question remains as to whether the former may be engineered to
> only run on a particular manufacturer's systems, but you may
> run into similar problems with separate, retail-purchased
> Windows anyway, if / when you upgrade key components like
> motherboard or CPU.
>
> Jordan
>