>foxpro and iTunes do not conflict with anything on my pc with xp. Me too with FireFox. My PC is about the same vintage as yours. In this case the fact that MS did not produce a new version of Windows for so many years is an advantage because your old OS is still quite up to date (assuming you have kept your patches up to date).
Firefox has never been a problem. It is not one of those applications that makes bunches of changes to your computer. If it is not running it is completely off so you have control over it. There are minor settings it can change, like making itself your default web browser, but such settings are easy to change. Overall I think FireFox works better then IE. iTunes is okay, but is a different Story. Apple is trying to show Windows users how much easier a Mac is to use than a PC. To do it Apple had to do a lot of fancy programming. iTunes tries to do things on a PC that are not so simple. Consequently the early versions of iTunes did have some glitches. Apple haters will constantly remind you of the old problems and not mention that recent versions work well. All in all FireFox will be the safer bet because it is simpler. On the other hand you may really enjoy iTunes. Besides the store, iTunes provides access to 10000s of free podcasts covering a tremendous range of material. For example it has become one of the best places to learn a foreign language. There are lectures from top universities. Etc. Etc. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
