OK, this really isn't about using A5v5 with Win98. It's really a message to all those people who complain about others using Win98. I read a couple more tonight while searching and just had to comment on it.
I would be very happy to switch to XP Pro BUT most of my customers (thankfully not all of them) are still using Win98. So, do I develop in XP then tell my customers that they will have to pay $4000 for the new application and $10,000 for all new computers because I didn't make sure the app would run correctly on Win98 - I think not!
True, they could save some money by upgrading but most of their machines are old enough that I don't recommend upgrading them. Besides, brand new XP installations seem to be more reliable than upgrades so add the cost of the upgrade software plus paying someone to upgrade their computers plus the cost of additional memory, which would be a minimum requirement, and they may as well just buy new computers - which they aren't willing to do!
Heck, I just got one customer to get rid of a 486 about a year and a half ago so they could move up to A5v4 - but they put in someone else's old computer that is something like a P133 with 32 meg of RAM so they're still running v1 because I don't think it's worth the effort yet.
Is XP Pro the better way to go - Absolutely!
Is it realistic to ask my customers to upgrade to XP Pro - Not a chance!
To those of you who don't have this problem, I truly envy you. However, please quit belittling those of us who face a different reality.
Personally, I will probably buy a second computer with XP sometime this summer rather than upgrading my current one. This will allow me to keep a Win98 machine around so I can test my apps in Win98 before installing them at customer locations that are still using that version of Windows.
I would be very happy to switch to XP Pro BUT most of my customers (thankfully not all of them) are still using Win98. So, do I develop in XP then tell my customers that they will have to pay $4000 for the new application and $10,000 for all new computers because I didn't make sure the app would run correctly on Win98 - I think not!
True, they could save some money by upgrading but most of their machines are old enough that I don't recommend upgrading them. Besides, brand new XP installations seem to be more reliable than upgrades so add the cost of the upgrade software plus paying someone to upgrade their computers plus the cost of additional memory, which would be a minimum requirement, and they may as well just buy new computers - which they aren't willing to do!
Heck, I just got one customer to get rid of a 486 about a year and a half ago so they could move up to A5v4 - but they put in someone else's old computer that is something like a P133 with 32 meg of RAM so they're still running v1 because I don't think it's worth the effort yet.
Is XP Pro the better way to go - Absolutely!
Is it realistic to ask my customers to upgrade to XP Pro - Not a chance!
To those of you who don't have this problem, I truly envy you. However, please quit belittling those of us who face a different reality.
Personally, I will probably buy a second computer with XP sometime this summer rather than upgrading my current one. This will allow me to keep a Win98 machine around so I can test my apps in Win98 before installing them at customer locations that are still using that version of Windows.
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