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  dorpus, 15 Jan 2003 @ 12:47pm

  
  

  Or the other way

  Consumers learn to live without computers, because they cause too many problems. Inbetween cell phones and being able to use someone else's computer (friend or work), who needs a home computer?
  

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  Chris, 15 Jan 2003 @ 1:25pm

  
  

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  Consumers don't really get any help from Microsoft anyway, so I don't think they will run screaming to CompUSA on the day MS ends official support for Win 98. If they are just using their computer for Web, Email, and Word Processing, they would be much better served by formatting their hard drive and installing Linux. Really, the only reason I have a Windows box is gaming.

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    win98techsupportguy, 22 Apr 2003 @ 5:11pm

    
    

    Re: No Subject Given

    you obviously don't know a thing about win98. Linux would have the same amount of problems if the world would use it all the time. Microsoft helps more people then you think! You don't get the calls from people needing help.

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  msman, 16 Jan 2003 @ 5:17am

  
  

  Support

  How many people know they have support anyway?
  

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  Rocky, 16 Jan 2003 @ 8:02am

  
  

  Business

  The company I work for still uses Win95 and is slowly phsing W2K.
  
  "Since businesses don't want to be without tech support, they're likely to upgrade"
  
  Now I think tech support is what they pay me a salary for, tech support.
  
  Now the home user will upgrade if the computer is no longer meeting their needs (gamers) but if they are only doing the big 3 (Email, Web & Word Processing) then unless they are pressured to buy a new one they wont need to.

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  Oliver Wendell Jones, 16 Jan 2003 @ 8:35am

  
  

  It's not Microsoft's support that matters...

  It's what the other IT vendors are going to do that matters. If you run Windows 98 and go to buy a scanner/printer/whatever and find that it doesn't support anything less than Windows 2000, you might have to upgrade.
  
  The company that I work for develops software for a wide market of people and we're still supporting Windows 95 because a lot of our customers are still using it. We would love to drop older OSs that are now 'obsolete' but we would lose a sizable portion of our customers, so we can't.

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  Sharon, 16 Jan 2003 @ 10:00am

  
  

  Phasing out Win98 support

  Here at our computer store, we've honestly installed XP only three times so far, and two of those customers were so PO'd that they came back in and wanted their 98 back. I don't blame them, until there are sufficient patches and fixes to problems with XP, I won't install it, I won't use it and I won't be pressured into upgrading. My computer, command central at home, does all I need it to do and there is plenty of online help, lists of folks out there who are die hard resisters to upgrading like myself who will share what we all need to run Win98SE. Fix XP and perhaps I'll move on. It is laughable that since SP1 didn't fix the disappearing dial up problem, one is told to try the suggestions on Knowledge Base and if they don't work.....Re-Format??????? No way, Fix it or Forget it. Sharon

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    98techsupportguy, 22 Apr 2003 @ 5:16pm

    
    

    Re: Phasing out Win98 support

    You guys are obviously installing XP on crap hardware. If one knows what they are doing, it will work!

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