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To: mr.mark who wrote (2973)	4/18/1999 5:56:00 PM
From: wily	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

>>here's is one of the most comprehensive computer hardware links that i have ever seen. hold on to your chair when you open this baby. <g3> erols.com; That's an amazing list, mark: so many links, so few lives <g>. >>btw, in my limited experience with multi monitor cards, i recall researching the price and being totally taken aback by how expensive they are.<< True enough -- about $800 for the quads. I like them (especially Appian) for the control they give you over configuring the desktop. OTOH, I don't know how this compares to the control you get with multiple cards under 98. Surely, with multiple cards you get much more performance for the buck. There's a few things to study, but weighing large is the fact that I REALLY don't want to have to go back to 98. Turning into a grudge. Plus, dual processors will only run under NT (among MS systems). OTOH, some cards have their own multi-monitor support, like Matrox. Thanks for the links and thoughts, wily

To: mr.mark who wrote (2973)	4/18/1999 6:17:00 PM
From: wily	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

mark, btw, that Windows tip you posted a while ago about configuring hot-keys for shortcuts paid off in a big way for me. Now I have my address book and outlook express start up with ctrl+alt+"x" and also hot keys for Windows and for Program Files and a few other frequent folders and programs. You don't have to use a number -- pretty much any symbol will do, but you do have to put the shortcut icon somewhere in the Start Menu folder (subfolder is OK). This makes not using 98 less of a hardship because it eliminates the need to go to the desktop or to go through a multitude of clicks to bring something up (which 98 accomplishes with the Quick Launch menu and the "show desktop" option). When I went back to 95 from 98 it just seemed so much snappier -- I don't understand what happened that 98 is so sluggish. Is it possible it's a conspiracy between Intel and MS to make people want faster processors? Then what would Intel do to reciprocate? Does anyone have any understanding of why 98 is so slow? Also doing OK without ie5. Nicest thing about ie5 is the extra configurability of the toolbars, but it really doesn't make that much difference for me. Also, I liked the draggable Favorites, but now I see that ie4 had them all along! I still need to try out the 95 upgrade patches that are supposed to have some of the functionality of 98, so it may get even better (as long as they don't also slow 95 down). wily