Groundhog246
Contributor
I'm not sure where I fit in the poll. I have a laptop and desktop running Win98, a desktop running 98SE and a desktop running Redhat Linux.
I've avoided ME & XP as I've seen no compelling reason to switch (upgrade???). I see where MS will shortly cease support of 98 and the next release of Office will not run on NT, 98 or ME, need 2000 or XP.
Maybe, if they can convince me they've finally plugged the majority of the bugs, security holes, etc., I might upgrade. But I'm tired of sending my hard earned $$ to a company like Microsoft for buggy product, for which they assume no responsibilty. It's a good job dive computers DON'T run on any flavour of Windows. :mean:
And if you think your LDS is gouging on dive gear, it's nothing compared to the gouge for Software.
I've avoided ME & XP as I've seen no compelling reason to switch (upgrade???). I see where MS will shortly cease support of 98 and the next release of Office will not run on NT, 98 or ME, need 2000 or XP.
Maybe, if they can convince me they've finally plugged the majority of the bugs, security holes, etc., I might upgrade. But I'm tired of sending my hard earned $$ to a company like Microsoft for buggy product, for which they assume no responsibilty. It's a good job dive computers DON'T run on any flavour of Windows. :mean:
And if you think your LDS is gouging on dive gear, it's nothing compared to the gouge for Software.