My "needs". Can Wine be a solution for me?.

[robert w hall]

In article <jb6ta9.vv2.ln at tux.localhost>, Pifias <jluiscanales-
estosobra at eresmas.net> writes
>Hello all:
>
>I need to use MS Access 97 and MS Word 97 in my job. I need too to visit 
>every day a web that is designed to be viewed exclusively with MS Internet 
>Explorer.
>
>These are the things that keep me attached to Windows 98. I tried to solve 
>the paranoic constant rebooting of the computer with a VMWare virtual 
>machine but it's too resource-wasting. 

agreed (I've got vmware  - but rarely use it.)
try win4lin (www.netraverse.com) - much more lightweight, and faster
(YMMV)  - usually works ok on M$ office stuff (less well on games, I
hear) . There's a demo and it's not too expensive.

But keep coming back to wine (eg for games...)
Bob
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robert w hall