> > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/02/10 Sat AM 05:22:52 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: Trying to buy the LightRoom > > I agree with you, Bill. Though I do bash Micro$oft but XP is stable if > driven properly. I think mine is like 2+ years old now and it is still > there.
I'm currently running 98, installed on a machine bought in the summer of that year. I "upgraded" to ME in 2000. I have performed two system restores after application installations went wrong. No other problems. > > > William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Thibouille" > > Subject: Re: Trying to buy the LightRoom > > > > > >> Sure, I tyres are supposed to be used and wear over time. An > >> OS/software is not supposed to, although I admit a Windows > >> installation is good for "format c:" every 3 months. > >> > > > > Ah, a professional Windows basher. > > A friend of mine is still running his original Win98SE install. I installed > > it for him in 2000, IIRC. > > My Win XP install ran 4 years without a hitch, and would still be running > > if > > the hardware hadn't failed. > > My old Pentium 2 is still in use, running Win98SE, which was a clean > > install > > in 2001. > > > > What you are complaining about is akin to complaining that the car you > > bought last year doesn't have as much horsepower as what they are putting > > under the hood this year. > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net