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Yeah, I heard there's a timed interrupt every 10 seconds.....to check for
that special serial number......to make it sure it hasn't changed.
Just think of it as analogous to a Bill Gates gif file popping up
incessantly on the desktop with :
"Did you pay me for ALL of your computers ?", "Did you pay me for ALL of
your computers ?", "Did you pay me for ALL of your computers ?", "Did you
pay me for ALL of your computers ?"
and when Win/XP craps out because of the new protection scheme,
it's like Bill saying: "F..k you, pay me for ALL of your computers sucka" ?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Fitzpatrick [mailto:dwf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 8:56 PM
> To: Chris Cheatham; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: FW: Don't upgrade: WinXP slower than Win2K
>
>
>
> If you're already running W2K, you might also want to check out
> the write-up
> on this performance test by InfoWorld before you spend your money on XP.
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/articles/tc/xml/01/10/29/011029tcwinxp.xml
>
> Don
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Cheatham [mailto:nchrisc@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 9:39 AM
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Don't upgrade: WinXP slower than Win2K
>
>
> I can't think of a single reason to upgrade my win 2000 for trading. It
> works essentially perfectly. Why would I want to spend the money and more
> importantly the time for a little speed increase that may or may not
> materialize? Upgrading to win 2000 to get over nt's defrag
> problems was one
> thing, but XP doesn't seem to offer anything materially new for a TS user.
> Upgrading OSs is a total pain, inevitably something won't work
> right...am I
> missing something? Maybe it is something to consider for a new
> computer...
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jpb2112@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'p'" <rhodes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 8:16 AM
> Subject: RE: Don't upgrade: WinXP slower than Win2K
>
>
> > Nope, you are mistaken. I have been running XP for several months now
> > and it is faster than XP. Sure, it needs more RAM, but RAM is dirt
> > cheap. Get all you can get. I am running XP on a P3 450 with 384RAM
> > and it runs like a champ. Another thing....don't upgrade from win9x to
> > XP. As with all versions of Windows, a clean install is much better.
> > Screw everything you hear about benchmarks and MS bullying
> > people.....determine the difference yourself. As I did. WinXP is like
> > Win2000 with much improved drivers and gaming support. Win2000 I have
> > never been impressed with. Better than 98, but not where it should be.
> > XP is the best so far.
> >
> > Roger
> >
>
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