In a message dated 11/2/03 4:16:15 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
chris@GCCodeFactory.biz writes:


> If you  keep Windows patched and don't install every piece of spy-ware 
> that  you can find on the internet it's not so unstable/insecure that 
> avoiding those problems

IME, Windows 9x (the systems that are likely to be switched over rather than 
shelling out USD100+ for a new OS) tends to rot even under normal-light use.  
It usually takes inside of 6 months before IE flakes out for me (lots of 
'MSHTML' error dialogues within moments of starting the browser).