Re: New monitor/bad resolution

[Irene Silverman irene@xxxxxxxx]

Leslie,
I concur with Jon -- get a new computer. Windows ME probably had the
worst reviews of any Microsoft system ever, including Vista which is
saying a lot. Try to get something with XP. Good Luck.

Irene


On Dec 30, 2008, at 5:07 AM, Jon Pareles wrote:

Hello back atcha Leslie!
I did some Googling and it seems that Cleartype was one of the
upgrades of Windows XP, and Microsoft never added it to ME or Win98.
Loath as you may be to do it, I'd recommend the new computer option.
I'm frankly amazed that you're not having problems browsing the Web on
Windows ME, given that websites are constantly demanding the latest
Flash player or Java plugins.
Desktops are now ridiculously cheap, and so are little ultraportable
netbooks that weigh less than 4 lbs. $500 would buy you computing
power or portability undreamed of by your Dell. On a new computer, all
you'd have to do is copy the directory that includes Editor.exe, and
wherever else you've stashed XyWrite files, and move them to the new
computer.
I've had good luck with CDW and PC Mall mail-orders. Their phone
salespeople seem to actually know what they're talking about, unlike
Staples clerks.
See if you can find a Windows XP Professional computer instead of
Vista, which is a hog of resources and an incompatibility nightmare
(though apparently it does work well with XY). The wonderful people on
this list can help you with any migration problems, as they have
helped me, but most of the time the XyWrite installation works from
the get-go.
On another front, that unreliable source Wikipedia does like
"copasetic" the way I spelled it. Though now I'm tempted to switch to
copacetic, even if it looks a bit like a vinegary policeman.

Jon Pareles