Re: Ha. Low end ethernet routers

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:23:30 -0700, Jim Thompson
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>On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:10:57 GMT, Joerg
><notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Hello Jim,
>>
>>> Joerg, What version of Windows are you using?
>>>
>>
>>NT4 on this PC (rarely ever freezes), Win2k on the office machine
>>(freezes on occasion), XP in the lab (freezes a lot). Somehow I see the
>>trend going in the wrong direction here.
>>
>>To add insult to injury the NT4 PC has never ever frozen up when booted
>>into DOS.
>>
>>I had to wrestle with the sales folks a little to get my office computer
>>with Win2k and not XP. Had to pay an extra $100 or so but in hindsight I
>>am glad I spent that money. The lab computer couldn't be delivered with
>>2k anymore since some of its HW would be incompatible, they said.
>>
>>The downside is that some of the 'new and improved' software such as
>>compilers won't run on anything but XP.
>>
>>Regards, Joerg
>>
>>http://www.analogconsultants.com
>
>The last three PC's I've purchased were delivered without OS and I did
>the installing.
>
>So far (knock on wood) I haven't had any hardware I couldn't get
>drivers for. In fact the "box" hardware came with a booklet
>describing installation on various OS's.
>
>I'm always slow to upgrade... I had trouble leaving WFWG3.11 ;-)
>

After I hit "Send" I remembered that the only fully successful OS
"upgrades" I've done were completely clean installs... not "upgrades"
at all.

...Jim Thompson
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