Subj : WinXP
To   : CHARLES SCAGLIONE
From : TOM WALKER
Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 07:59 am

CS> TW> I will go LINUX or Apple OS before I go "Vista"(longhorn).
CS> TW> But I don't forsee me needing much beyond Win98.

CS>We have already decided our next ministry computer will be a Mac.
CS>We'll make do with what we have until the new Mac Intel machines are
CS>out and have been debugged.  We are even willing to spend the outlay
CS>needed for Mac software to take the place of what we are currently
CS>using.

Getting equilivent software will be the big problem. Particulalry any
type of Reference Library.

CS>A Linux only machine  while nice to have, in my humble opinion, is not
CS>ready to do any serious work for ministry or business.   That may
CS>change in the future and is why I keep up with the latest from the
CS>Linux world.

They are making, Somewhat disappointingly, some SLOW progress.

CS> TW> I took good advantage of that when I was donating computers. Picked up
CS> TW> about a dozen NICE 350/450 Mhz Systems

CS>Still very useful machines when equipped with an OS that's
CS>appropriate.  Win98 or SE and even ME will run just fine on those
CS>computers.


That has been my point here for a long time despite being trashed for
that "Opinion".
I still have 1 Tower and 2 Desktops sitting arround and copies of Win95
OSR2 for them. While Win95 gas soem, limitations, USB being one, but fro
a basic machine for the Internet band wrodprocessing as you say does a
very nice job.
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