> I guess my question, after reading all the various specifications and > comparison charts, is: why should I upgrade from XP? It looks as if I > would have to buy a new machine with more memory and faster processor > speed, when the machines I have now work just fine with under 1 GHz and > under 1 gig of memory. I don't play games or edit movies or watch TV - > I > just surf the 'net, do Email, create simple documents, and do limited > processing and storage of digital images. I am all for "progress", but > I > am not convinced that I need this next step (aside from the promise of > "lack of support" for XP going forward). I still have Win98SE machines > on my network that are happily running scanners and hosting networked > printers; they will continue to perform those functions until they > literally die (and when they do, I will merely pick up anther discarded > "clunker" from freecycle.com and run it). I am not a Luddite or deny > technological improvements, but I really wonder what it is that Win 7 > is > going to do for most users.
I'll echo what others have said: it doesn't sound like you need it. But yeah, what Tony said: ditch the 98 machines. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
