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[QUOTE=Jeffhs;1983012]I have an IBM Aptiva 595 (600 MHz processor, 128mb RAM), bought new eight years ago, running Windows 98SE; it works extremely well for what I need it to do (word processing, Internet, email, music [Winamp 5.3] and video), so I have no intention of upgrading anytime soon. I have a program that skins the Windows taskbar, etc. so it looks like Windows XP, but only I know that the machine is running 98SE--anyone else who looks at my desktop would swear I was running XP.
The only problem I'm having with this computer at the moment is it is so darn slow it is incredible--sometimes. The computer takes perhaps three minutes to boot from a cold start. I think I may know why this is happening; I have only a 20GB hard drive and many programs on it, {quote}
I miss 98SE but xp is a good operating system. You should be able to install a 40 gig hard drive And the 98SE should see the extra room in the drive.
Install the operating system and the must have programs on the new drive and just use the old one as a slave. You can clean out the old drive and just use that to store video, music etc. Your system will run much faster that way.
Ed
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