On 08/10/05, Kai Ponte wrote:

On Friday 07 October 2005 21:13, Kurt Wall wrote:

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On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 09:38:00PM -0400, Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd Internet Mobile w/ Treo took 46 lines to write:

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Although there are others here who are cavalier in their platform setup until their first 'Oops' day, it just makes common sense to retain dual-boot until your computing needs and usages are fully and completely satisfied by all apps under Linux.

Hm. I've been called many things, but never "cavalier." In any event, my recommendation to ditch XP wasn't made cavalierly insofar as the OP stated he hasn't used his XP installation at all and runs MS Project under Crossover Office.

LOL!

I thank you all for your opinions. Actually the reasons for "keeping" XP do not appear to outweigh the benefits of one OS on this machine. I do run CX Office on here and could - if needed - grab a copy of VMWare, I suppose. I'm an MSDN Universal subscriber through work, so I could get whatever is needed. (I've yet to actually use it.) I do go into Windows at home on occasion, as my home machine is dual boot Win2K and Suse 9.2. In fact, I often work with that machine in Win2K with Outlook and the like running through our VPN and my laptop next to it running SuSE.

I'll make up my mind soon enough. I just realized, though, that if I get the update done, I won't yet be able to add Packman or Guru since they don't have 10.0 builds yet. :P

-- Kai Ponte www.perfectreign.com

linux - genuine windows replacement part (hee, hee, hee I like that sig line)

Anyway, there is another alternative. You could think about getting an inexpensive smallish capacity hard drive (20 or so gb) and install Windows solely on that. Install a removable drive tray in your PC and when or if you have a file that is only readable on a Windows system....pop the Windows drive into the PC. That's what I do and have done for years. It's a very useful system and menas I can very quickly swap hard drives without the hassle of undoing the PC case and possibly, while messing around inside, disturbing a lead or memroy stick (I'm rather clumsy). -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR