Re: [PcTech] choosing an OS and getting comfy with a new pc

["Adam Lang" <aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You have only so many hardware changes before you have to reactivate XP.
But no point arguing it because you are eventually going to have to go to XP
anyway.

"I can probably have
> >my choice of OS "

Should I even make a licensing comment?

As for applications, just check to see if they run on XP.  All the main
stream ones I saw him mention will work fine.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buck Calabro" <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 4:11 PM
Subject: RE: [PcTech] choosing an OS and getting comfy with a new pc


> >1.  we're in a mixed desktop OS environment -
> >some W98, W2K and XP - I can probably have
> >my choice of OS - based on the above, do you
> >prefer W2K or XP?
>
> Some stuff doesn't load/run properly on XP yet.  Unless you are putting
all new apps on the box, I'd stay away from XP.  I have heard that XP can
actually disable itself if you make significant changes to the PC, like
adding a big hard drive and changing the CPU.
>
> >2.  does everyone go through the same thing
> >I described above, or is there a shortcut or
> >series of shortcuts that could speed the above
> >process along?
>
> You could use Ghost to put an entire image of your existing PC on the new
hard drive...
>   --buck
>
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