umm... riiigghhhtt... can't say i really agree with that.
(no flame to the guy above me)
Windows 98 is based on the same durn thing as win95, just slightly updated. The kernel has been (again) slightly updated and some features and accesibility messed with. I'm not saying it's a bad OS, I run it all the time. But if I could learn Linux easily and quickly then I wuld hardly run Windows. Any GUI (graphical user interface) consumes processor usage and memory. Unix (unless you make it) does not use a graphical interface. It is command prompt. It might however, be kinda difficult to set up for someone unexperienced with unix.
If you have trouble trying unix or Linux on it, definately revert to win2K, as long as you have enough RAM. I would highly recommend Mandrake for beginners and Red Hat for more experienced users.
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