C'mon Kona...You've been here how long? You can answer those questions yourself

If I was using 98 I would be sick of the Microsoft look too

One question...Why would you use 98 anyways?

233 mhz pentium processor128 (maxed out) RAM3.9 Gig HD

My wifes pewter are at those specs too, Win2K is running smoothly as a babys bottom on it

Why not wait till you get your new pc?

Anyway, I believe you can use up to Windowblinds 3.5 with 98. I have no idea about DesktopX. I would imagine your video card isn't all that great either right now. So you'll be pushing it evem more probably suffering performance.

I run XP on my sons 266 w/128 Meg and it runs fairly smoothly, actualy better than I was betting when I set it up. It won't set any land speed records. The HD is a little small, since XP would probibly eat around 1 Gig of it, but 20 Gig hard drives are cheap.

How soon are you getting your new pc? Would you be getting XP with it also?

Kona...$155 for a 20 gig...Where on earth are you shopping

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=14&manufactory=1304&DEPA=1&sortby=14&order=1

I have to agree, where did you look to get that price? I mean - maybe - if we were talking about an ultra scsi, then maybe I could understand, but there is no way that you would pay $155 for a 20gig hard drive! But thats besides the point - get one. And as for running XP on your machine, not with a 3.9GIG hard drive you aint! By the time you have loaded XP and all your system resources - you will have already used close to a GIG of space, then you have software, then on top of that you need pagefile space. No, XP not a good idea for your system. Windows 2K uses about half the resources as XP so it is probably a good comprimise.

As for you system - well, I would probably use Windowblinds 3.5 - but DX will probably eat alot of resources on your machine, so I would most likely see how the system runs with just WB, the try DX, see what kind of damage your lookin at and if you can live with it, then just use it! Personaly I like what DX has to offer but I would like to see a good, well balanced design of asthetics and functionality, which is extremely lacking with most designers. They usually prefer to make them asthetically pleasing but then either go crazy putting stuff in that has no place on a desktop or leaving stuff out which would benefit a desktop. So I just stick with a nice, asthetically pleasing skin that uses less resources.

Maybe it would be easier to just get an already made system if you can't find parts at good prices.

Dude, you're gettin' a Dell!

I thought you were talking about a drive for you new PC.

If that's the kind of price your looking at for a drive for your notebook(that's not even upgradable)...why even bother...scrap it and put your money into a real system

I didn't mean to literally throw it away...

I mean, 'Do not even put one more penny into that machine'...It's just not worth it

but instead of scraping it, it will become my test sled for linux.

You can set up a dual boot system for WinXP and Linux on your new PC. If you are building your new PC yourself, you can choose components that are guarenteed to be Linux compatible.

I got an OEM CD of Win98.....[without a system]...but only because I knew the guys at the shop. OEM copies are specifically intended for inclusion with complete systems....not DIY parts....

the boxed XP from a store not ebay..