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   Message 306 of 679   
   JWooden271 to Local Hooligan   
   Re: Why are you still using windows95?   
   16 Feb 04 10:54:40   
   
   From: wooden_tNOSPAM@bellsouth.net   
      
   ...because Windows95 still outruns Windows XP.   
      
   Shutdown time for:   
   233mhz AMD K6: 5 seconds   
   1.4ghz Pentium 4: 2 minutes   
      
   ...because I can easily remove IE.   
   Less chance of spyware and junk if there isn't a host for the parasites!   
      
   ...because it still works.   
   Why should I pay more money for something that runs slower and does the   
   same thing?!?!   
      
   Local Hooligan wrote:   
   > Just curious, thats all.  I continue to use it because is the only OS that   
   > runs reliably on my 83MHz 486-based computer.  I am running windows95a.   
   >   
   >   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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