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   ray@zianet.com to All   
   Re: Old Laptop   
   14 Feb 07 17:50:46   
   
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   Subject: Re: Old Laptop   
   Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:50:45 -0700   
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   On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:57:11 -0500, Jim wrote:   
      
   > I have an old laptop that I had Win98 on. I tried Xubunto and Freespire,    
   > but they are half as fast as Win98. Am I missing something?   
   >    
   > Thanks,   
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   > Jim   
      
   Probably. I bet they are faster than Vista. I would suggest you try Elive   
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