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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (1925)	10/15/2002 12:30:54 AM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4345

We were talking about HP abandoning (i.e. not providing drivers for) a lot of their hardware when XP came out. Of course, if the drivers for ANY of the other versions of Windows would work in XP (i.e. if Microsoft didn't obsolete the old drivers every time they slap a new moniker on Windows), that wouldn't be an issue. JMHO. Charles Tutt (SM)

To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (1925)	10/15/2002 1:02:53 AM
From: Night Writer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 4345

OOOOh, I'm going to regret this. I researched XP VS ME last year. I found the following information at that time. I think the basic points are still valid. XP is designed for business use. It is designed to use new technology and stop supporting a lot of old technology and non business applications. That would reduce the OS size and increase it's stability. For that reason, a lot of old equipment does not have XP drivers and never will. If you have a lot of old scaners, and printers you want to run, Win ME is the OS to use. ME is designed for home and recreational use. XP is designed for business use.