In article <076a9692-6eff-45c5-937d-36e2690073a5@v67g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, kickofthecat@gmail.com wrote:
>On Jan 22, 9:13 am, "Bill Kearney" <wkearne...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > But I'm on a tight budget and trying to find
>> > one that works with Windows 98
>>
>> Just stop. Brand new or refurbished machines can be had, with the operating
>> system, for less that $300. That's brand new, much faster, CPU, memory,
>> drives, etc. Just end the madness of 98.
>>
>> > but I do plan to upgrade to Win2K,
>> > or Win XP soon, so for now at least I need something that is Win98
>> > compatible.
>>
>> Stop <vent/>ing and bite the bullet.
>
>I'll have a look at my virtual stock portfolio. j/k
>
>Actually, I'm on a very modest fixed income and just don't have the
>extra cash for new computers right now. (Guess I should have mentioned
>that in the first post.) I currently use 2 P2's that both run Win98, 1
>for selling some stuff online and 1 for personal use. I do hope to
>have enough cash to pick up a couple of high end P3's, or low end P4's
>by summer, but I'd save a lot of cash by being able to access wireless
>now using what I have.
>
>The place I rent is about 500 to 600 feet from the owner's place and
>WiFi is actually included in the rent, "if" I can connect to it. I
>also need to consider portability, since I rent this place in the
>winter by the month, that is normally used in summer by regular
>customers, (at much higher rates). Which means that in the summer I'll
>be living in an old travel trailer I'm restoring, (which I don't mind,
>since I'm into gold panning and plan to spend the summer doing that).
>So, I'd planned on getting at least 1 newer laptop, but I know that
>theres no laptops that are going to get that sort of range. I also
>expect that while touring around in the summer months, I'll be pulling
>into areas that have hotspots and I'll be having need of extra WiFi
>range,
>
>K.

You sound like you are on the Carolina coast. Where do you do most of your
panning, Kersaw, Waxhaw?

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