<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear list and friends</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On my long experience installing = programs on different machines, I learned to not, repeat NOT advise on upgrading to = anything freely,  Windows or better said Microsoft Windows is a mistery to = us all. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The most stable system, and I still = advise it for companies is Windows 95 and NT. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been installing 98, ME, 2000.. = in all the machines I assemble upon request. All of them are unpredictable. It = seems to me there is a lot to do with the Machine architecture. Some of them will = have no problems at all, and others will do. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Myself I bought Windows ME. I realy = like its features, I installed it in my late machine, which was a Pentium I  = 233 wit 128 Mb memory and it kept collapsing. Simultaneously I installed it in = my LapTop a Compaq Presario 1200 wich uses a K6-2 500 plus 128 Ram Memory and it = has not failed once until today, My recently upgraded desktop is a PC partner motherboard with K6-2 500 also and 128 MB memory, and after I installed = win ME it has some problems but not many. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For customers I was asked to upgrade = computers to 2000, I had some which would not take it, as I have many of the new ones = which are absolutely reliable and free of trouble. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some machines, dependin their = architecture will take it, some will not. Most of the new Motherboards and parts which = have been designed with this Operating Systems in mind will work, and will give no = problems at all. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elian Degen</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ilvey@jps.net href="mailto:ilvey@jps.net">David Ilvedson, = RPT</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 12, 2001 = 1:29 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Windows = 2000...Attn Mac Users! Delete this post!!!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yeah but someone has to keep = Microsoft afloat until then...;-}</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David I.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 11, = 2001 11:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Windows = 2000...Attn Mac Users! Delete this post!!!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I use the ME upgrade... and it seems quite a bit more = stable then 98 ever did. Course with Windows... you never know what to = expect. I undestand there will be a new system out next year or so... NT, 2000 = and previous windows technology are supposed to merge into one thing. = Might be worth waiting for. <P>"David Ilvedson, RPT" wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"> <STYLE></STYLE> <FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>List,</FONT></FONT> <FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Does anyone use Win 2000?  If = so, please give me some feedback...I have been considering the ME upgrade.</FONT></FONT> <FONT face=Arial><FONT = size=-1>David I.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>Bergen, Norway <BR><A = = href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.u= ib.no</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>