Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/3/03 7:28:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, dennis@hale-pohaku.com writes: > You are right about Win98 patches still available. It seems MS has extended > the "life" > of Win98 though it looks like it's mostly security fixes. > > Find out when your support "ends" here; > > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycleconsumer.mspx - ----------------------------------- Dennis, It seems that MS supports OS's for about 6 years. That's a lot better than Apple's track record. W98 expires this November, according to the above page. They figure that most consumers will replace their computers within that time. Which I won't. Why should I. My Dell R450 is hitting 800+, the first of the gigabyte models. I wonder whether MS knows how many folks are still using W98? I assume there are lots of us. W98 has some blind spots, but overall it's still viable. It runs Photoshop and works well with digital cameras. And all new peripherals are written for it. It still has a lot in common with W-XP. br - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html