Lpc2000

> Kris, put 512MB in your machine, load XP, and you'll be better off.
Nothing
> wrong with 750MHz with adequate memory.

Hi Clyde,

I have 512 Mb in my machine !
Harddisks already wear enough without all the caching
(mind you, every 2 years I get a new HDD - regardless.)

Ironically the last new HDD failed after 3 months (obviously junk)

It set me back 3-4 days to reinstall everything. That's why I was stumped by
JC's comments
regarding HDD failures, What good is to have a "crack handy in the middle of
the night"
when it takes several days to reinstall the tools! And if no new HDD is
needed
but another PC is readily available, any decent licence system will allow
you to instantly switch
to that other machine (unless it's a dodgy licence system)

I am aware of the memory leak issues, but I find that if I reboot my machine
at least every 3 days
(typically you turn it off when you're done anyway) , I have no problems
whatsoever - or at the least
much less than many supposedly have experienced on XP with FETs on the LPTs.

> XP is the best that Macrosoft has produced to date, but it is memory
hungry.

I will eventually go to XP, but many of my tools weren't supported on XP
when I considered it.
It's something you put off like going to the dentist :-)
I consider myself open to suggestion, but it is hard to follow conflicting
advice.
The only way to find out is to install it myself I guess. Maybe I should
take the plunge......

B rgds
Kris