RE: [APML] New Scanner

[Bill Beeman <bbeeman@beemangroup.com>]

-----Original Message-----
Behalf Of Dave Manifold
Subject: [APML] New Scanner

<snip>
>    I am thinking about buying the Nikon CoolScan IV but, it requires
at
>least Win/98SE, and I only have Win/98.  I have heard that, to
upgrade to
>98SE it requires a reformat of the C drive.  Does anybody have any
comments
>on the Nikon CoolScan IV and maybe my options for a better scanner in
this
>price range.  I found the CoolScan IV for the price of $589 online,
but, I
>still would have to spend another $89 or so for Win/98SE.
>Dave...

You don't have to reformat to upgrade from Win 98 to Win98 SE,
although I
admit that I usually do strip the system all the way down and start
over.
Windows systems tend to develop a lot of orphan files and become
cluttered
with multiple versions of dll files, so I think that reformatting
tends
to produce a more stable system.

On the other hand, Windows 2000 is yet much more stable than 98SE, so
that
might be the better option.

Regards,

Bill Beeman
San Jose, CA


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