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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hear a lot about how stable an OS XP =
is but WIN
98 has been for me very stable. FWIW, crashes can and will happen with =
any OS.
WIN 98 is also a lot less intrusive than XP. Besides, my current =
hardware
works well with 98 SE but the ISIS audio card I use for my music =
production will
not work with XP as the ISIS chipset is incompatible
with it...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will probably eventually go to XP, =
most
likely after there is another update to it and I can afford =
another
audio card with the capabilities I currently have with the ISIS...but I =
can
also bet you that by then there will be an even newer, "better" OS =
offered
by MS... : )</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greg Torres</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca =
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John
Ross</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, June 21, 2002 =
4:36 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Molded =
Keytops</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I have XP, which is based on WIN 2000. I got it last Nov, and =
have only
had to shut down once. It is really stable for me.</DIV>
<DIV>I did upgrade at the time, so it was a clean load.</DIV>
<DIV>Previously on WIN98, I was always rebooting, and frequently, =
clearing the
drive and reinstalling.</DIV>
<DIV>I am glad I changed.</DIV>
<DIV>regards,</DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia.<BR><A
=
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=gnewell@ameritech.net =
href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg
Newell</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, June 21, 2002 =
10:12
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Molded =
Keytops</DIV>
=
<DIV><BR></DIV>Greg,<BR><X-TAB> =
</X-TAB>Ain't
computers fun! FWIW I have found Win 2000 to be much more stable =
than either
Win98 of Win ME. If your machine will handle the requirements I =
highly
recommend it.<BR><BR>the other Greg, {or one of them anyway :-)
}<BR><BR><BR>At 03:06 AM 6/21/2002, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial
size=2>Greg,</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial =
size=2>Fortunately, the
only thing that totally crashed was just the OS (Win 98)...and all =
my data
is still on the drive. But I now have to re-install all the =
applications
again as well as all the device
drivers...(sigh)...</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial =
size=2>Anyway, my
posts should now show my full name since I corrected the E-mail
settings...</FONT><BR> <BR><FONT face=arial
size=2>Best,</FONT><BR><FONT face=arial size=2>Greg
Torres</FONT><BR> <BR>----- Original Message -----
<DL>
<DD>From:</B> <A href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg =
Newell</A>
<DD>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
<DD>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 20, 2002 6:02 AM
<DD>Subject:</B> Re: Molded Keytops<BR><BR>
<DD>Greg,
=
<DD><X-TAB> </X-TAB>No
offense taken but I did want to clarify as these posts are saved =
for
posterity you know. I like to double the effort by typing my =
name each
time but if you included the mailto: signature to go out with =
every
email that would certainly take away any chance of forgetting.
=
<DD><X-TAB> </X-TAB>I'm
sorry to hear of your hard drive crash. I've never had that =
happen yet
but I have had system failures before. Not a very pleasant =
thing! I hope
your able to recover all the important stuff anyway.<BR><BR>
<DD>regards,<BR><BR>
<DD>Greg Newell<BR><BR>
<DD>P.S. I hope to meet you in Chicago.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DD>At 02:29 AM 6/20/2002, you wrote:
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face=arial size=2>
<DD>The "other" Greg was I, Greg Torres...</FONT>
<DD><FONT face=arial size=2>
<DD>Please forgive me for not having my last name included...I =
just
got back from vacation and had to re-install everything this =
week due
to a hard disk crash and I forgot to include my last name in =
my
account info....sorry!</FONT>
<DD><FONT face=arial size=2>
<DD>Best,</FONT><FONT face=arial size=2>
<DD>Greg Torres</FONT></DD></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DD>Greg Newell
<DD><A href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net"
eudora="autourl">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A>
</DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP>
<P></X-SIGSEP>
<DL></DL>Greg Newell<BR><A href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net"
eudora="autourl">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A>
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