Mike: I hope that one Compaq is the only one you ever bought. I had one some years ago (PII-266) and it was absolute junk. Yes, Compaq does make proprietary version of Windows for their PCs. How smart is that - a proprietary version of a proprietary OS? Compaq does everything they can to be proprietary, while masquerading as standard. For example, the disk drive bays frequently need special brackets, power supply connectors are non-standard, cases are non-standard, etc. Now that they are owned by HP, I hope HP will bring them up, instead of Compaq bringing HP down.
You should resign yourself to the fact that Compaq will only ever run the OS from the disks it came with. Better save those disks! I have heard that Linux can be run on SOME of the Compaq models, if you want to try that. Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Reagan (EDSI)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel 99SE on Windows XP > Charlie, > I ran 99se on XP for a while. It really didn't run any better than running > on W98. I eventually had to uninstall XP and reload W 98 after experiencing > 3 fatal crashes. These weren't Protel related. XP did everything wrong, > it crashed, banged my harddrive until I found out how to stop it, it would > loose internet, and network connections, and lost my USP port three times, > I'm convinced that my Compaq was molded to run a Compaq version of W98 and > attempting to run any other operation system is fruitless, so I ll hold on > to W98/ 99SE combo for another year since I'm not ready to buy a new > computer every year. Next year I will re-evaluate all of the new design > software out there Protel and competition included. I just got my stock > statement today, my Protel stock has dropped to 70 cents US. That > doesn't say much > > Mike Reagan > EDSI ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: E41C7F4542DFD242A8554C1F21E1D464A26EB69C * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
