[Ham-Computers] need Windoze software upgrade info

[Phil Atchley]

Rick
So is Windows 2000 the same thing as Windows ME or are they different
critters?  I never really planned on going beyond Win98 but now that Log-EQF
has a Windoze version there are only a couple dos programs left on my
machine (a Latitude/longitude program and an RF toolbox program).  I may
look for a Win98se disk (since I've already paid for a Win98 package).  Ya
gotta watch these software upgrades, they can break the bank.  I kinda lost
track of all the different versions of Windoze after I got Win98.

At one time I considered trying a Linux system but I'm too deep into Windoze
and don't really have the interest in changing everything, the 'pooter is
just a tool for my radio work.

73 de Phil  KO6BB

> > Question:  Will Windoze ME still run all my DOS programs, or
> > do I need to seek a copy of Win98 2nd ed ?
>
> Windows ME will still run dos programs--it's Microsoft's
> "upgrade path" for those who need that capability. XP, on the other
> hand, is a true 32b os that is effectively an upgrade to Windows 2000
> (XT), not Windows 98 (although the "home" version is a very stripped one
> for a W2K upgrade!).
>
> > If I get Windows
> > ME will it run on the above computer?
>
> Marginally. Windows ME is a real kludge (it really served as a
> "temporary" upgrade for Microsoft until XP came out). Unless you have
> very high speed hardware with plenty of RAM, it runs much slower than
> 98se.
>
> >  I am gradually phasing
> > out all my DOS programs (only 3 left in use).  I am really
> > looking to upgrade to a faster machine, perhaps something in
> > the 500-600 MHz range. (As there is absolutely no budget here
> > for an upgrade, it'd have to be a future radio swap).
>
> Suggestion: Upgrade to Windows SE now on your current machine
> (it's far more dependable and faster than Windows ME and you _know_ all
> your current software will run on it)--then when you upgrade your
> machine go the extra mile and do so to a Windows XP Pro machine instead.
>
>
> Right now I run XP Pro on one machine (a P4 1500 with 640MB RAM)
> and Windows 2000 on another (Dual Pentium III Xeon chips & 512MB RAM)
> and, with the exception of a few poorly designed programs (and who wants
> to run programs that don't use system resources correctly anyway?)
> everything I have runs beautifully (I use the W2K machine for my
> shack--and it runs ChromaPix, MixW 2, and most other ham software w/o
> problem--the exceptions being Logic 5 and TRX-Manager, the former of
> which has linkage problems and the latter of which doesn't like my
> graphics card). With that kind of setup, it's perfectly possible to run
> several programs simultaneously (i.e., Web Cluster, MixW, a log, email,
> a web browser, etc.) with no loss of speed or concern that a crash by
> one will bring the others (or the system) down, since the W2K/XP family
> are true multitasking programs). Under ME, otoh, it's pretty easy to
> crash the entire system (far easier than with 98se) with just one
> misbehaved program.



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