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to: MIKE POWELL
from: ROBERT FOWLER
date: 2004-06-26 11:12:00
subject: Re: XP !

-=> MIKE POWELL wrote to TOM WALKER <=-

 >  I fully understsand "Different Strokes for Different Folks. BUT to
 > present WinXP as Nirvana is just FAR from the Truth for me and doing a
 > great dis-service to the typical Computer user out there getting along
 > just Fine with the older hardware and software.
 > Rembember the saying "IF it Works, DON'T fix it"???
 > Really applies here for a great deal more people then some here will
 > admit..

 MP> Until just recently, my two fastest machines were a P-166 w/128MB RAM,
 MP> and a P2-266 w/64MB RAM.  I finally bought a P3-800 machine, to move my
 MP> debian to.  ;-)

 MP> I am not a "senior," either, but my father is, and that
is who I was
 MP> asking the question for.  His machine, for now, is a Pentium-clone
 MP> 200 MHz w/96MB RAM.

 MP> So I agree with you on this.  ;-)

 OTOH, there are cases (no pun intended) where if it doesn't work,
 don't fix it, and this is one such case, IMO.  If you're going to
 spend any money, it would be best to invest it in a replacement
 system.

 Regards,

 Robert Fowler



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