Some of your favorite's from the past will not run correctly. It's best
to create another partition and install an older OS. Or, move to Linux.
Jim Dawson wrote:
>
> Actually, 'Whistler' is based on Windows 2000 and (according
> to Microsoft) will contain no legacy 16-bit code. (I'll
> believe it when I see it.)
>
> On the plus side, it will probabally be the most stable
> desktop version of Windows ever. On the other hand a lot of
> older programs will break under Whistler.
>
> Given Microsoft's track record on OS releases, the 3Q 2001
> release date will more likely be 2Q 2002 or later...
>
> > On Thursday 28 December 2000 03:06, you wrote:
> > > There's an update to Millennium coming out later this
> year. I think it's
> > > name is Whistler.
> > >
> >
> > Yeah...that short for "Whistle friggin dixie while you
> wait for ever for your
> > computer to stinkin work correctly cause this OS sucks!"
> I'm sorry. Win 95B
> > is a good one and 98SE isn't too bad as long as you keep
> the registry squeeky
> > clean; NT4.0 with "all" the service pack installed and
> kept clean will run
> > well too, but WinME is a joke! What were they thinking?
> >
> > Sorry to the list cause this ain't a windows forum.
> >
> > Now....die...thread DIE! :)
> > --
> > Mark
> >
> > "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up
> being worthless,"
> > "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
> >
> > Linus Torvalds
> >
> >
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Roman
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