Hey guys, I have one of those package Dells (4100) and the tutorials take up a huge amount of space. What should I upgrade to from Win 98? Is it hard to do? There is nothing on this comp that couldn't be wiped out other than some email addresses that I could write down. Thanks.
The tutorials, unwated "support" crap, and free 30-day trial copies of software you get on mass produced PCs are a real pain in the neck, waste hard drive space and hurt performance.
For most people, the extra expense of XP Professional isn't worth the big price hike over XP Home, since you simply won't use the extra features, and extra features you don't use = bloat. That said, XP Pro has its fans, and there is nothing 'wrong' with it by any stretch compared to XP Home.
Then try the following stuff to improve your performance:
http://www.geocities.com/mr_motorhead/xp_perf.htm
What Wedge said:You should be happy you never touched 98. You have a part of your life that I will never have back...
I had Win98 on a 233MHz (IIRC) Pentium-MMX box at an old job (and an insane, non-technical boss). Didn't kill myself, but I think I ground a lot of tooth enamel from my molars.
They had a T1 line there, too -- I was like a guy driving a Model A Ford on the autobahn.