I am going to switch from Win '98 to

[serryjw]

either XP or 2000 which do you suggest...Please Foxfire is NOT a choice

[miss_kitty]

1. Man. Those are CHOICES!?!

Sorry XP user here. I could not bring myself to vote.

[billbuckhead]

2. 2000 is like a beta for XP

With Microshaft, it's almost always better to get the latest version that your applications can stand.

[GirlinContempt]

3. And, as with all Microsoft products

The beta works better than the live, because they didn't spend enough time on it to royally screw it up

[Blue-Jay]

4. I'm stayin' with 98SE until my computer croaks.

What can I say? I like it.

Plus, nobody writes viruses (virii?) for 98 any more.

[Liberal Veteran]

6. Well, most XP viruses can also infect win98.

So the logic escapes me.

[Blue-Jay]

10. That may be true.

The logic is that I still like 98SE, and it's not such a memory hog. My poor 'ol computer still does everything I need it to do without the upgrade. Also, "most" does not equal "all". It's comfy like an old chair with a cigarette burn in the armrest.

[arcos]

11. The worst spyware infections I've seen are always on 98...

And believe me, I've seen bad ones ;)

[Mojambo]

22. Same here

I'll never use XP. Never.

When I get my new box I'll probably keep a Win98 partition (for games only) and run a distro of Linux.

[mhr]

5. A Computer Upgrade Forced An Upgrade To XP

So far it is much better than Win98.

I'm running it with NTFS and so far no major problems.

I've tested it for network security and all the IP ports are locked upped tighter than a drum.

[dhinojosa]

7. What's foxfire?

I never heard of that.

[serryjw]

9. Thanks everyone.......

That's what the person that is giving me their disk said.

[dhinojosa]

12. May I ask, what disk? nt

[serryjw]

16. I have no idea...how do

you load a new operating system in?

[RC]

13. Here. Get it.

http://www.mozilla.org/

[dhinojosa]

14. That's Firefox, that's what I use. The person said foxfire....

I was thinking that this was a new OS since the poster was talking about OS's and not browsers.....I just wanted to learn more.

[RC]

19. So what is foxfire?

google is not much help.

[Deja Q]

8. Win2k... or SuSE Linux 9.3, which is far FAR better.

[Systematic Chaos]

17. Win 2000 is at the end of its life cycle

Get yourself an OEM disk of XP Professional for less than $100, with the purchase of ANY hardware ($12 floppy drive qualifies).

[Deja Q]

23. 2k will be around and viable until 2007 when Longhorn actually comes out.

(they said 2006. Then they said 2006 after nixing 75% of the new whoopdie-dingdong features. Now it's Xmas season 2006, which means it'll likely be 2007. What remainds? Digital 'rights' crap and a new user interface that won't work unless you have a sufficiently powerful (e.g. hardware designed and made in 2009) design.

XP = 2k with lots of ram hoggy unneeded extras added.

Go Linux. :-)

[Melynn]

15. I am switching from Win 98 to ........Apple

in a couple of months when I buy a new computer.

If I had to make a suggestion, I say go for 2000. I use it at work and never had a problem with it.

[dpbrown]

18. Tiger

Longhorn's still two years away....because Microsoft can't even copy right.

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[AndyTiedye]

21. Linux! (Why Run Microsoft Holeware)

Beatrix is really easy to set up.