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BDK[_4_] · May 22nd 08, 04:44 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

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BDK wrote:
In article MCJYj.4003$KB3.2026@edtnps91, says...
On Tue, 20 May 2008 11:38:10 -0700, David wrote:

Save Windows XP! The clock is ticking

Microsoft will end OEM and shrink-wrapped sales of Windows XP on June
30, 2008,

So what!, you can use XP as long as you want to. You don't HAVE to get
Vista. It's a myth that we have to keep up with the latest hardware and
software. If your system is producing satsfactory results, why change???
You could be using 98SE and the same thing applies.
So your choice is simple, keep XP or get a real operating system !!

The whole point is that people who build PCs don't want XP to go away.

Bob

The manual said to install Windows Vista or better...
So I installed Debian.

To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Window$
box, you just need to work on it.

I have a few friends who went to Linux a while back when they built new
PC's. They all went back to XP after a while. Too many hassles to do
stuff they wanted to do. I've dealt with a few clients at work running
Linux, and sometimes the simplest thing is a pain in the ass to
accomplish. Finding a solution IS slightly easier than using Microsoft's
so called help, so that's a plus for it.

What flavor of Linux? Some distros are pure torture; others are more
intuitive than Macintosh.

Oh god, don't get me started on MACs. Does Apple make more than one
computer with exactly the same OS? It's mind boggling how they have the
supposed same OS version, and things are just differently placed enough
to make setting up a network connection a hassle while on the phone with
a clueless user. Two MAC addicts at work have identical model laptops,
with the same OS version, and they aren't the same, even though the
serial numbers are very close. Network settings are in different places,
and even they don't understand it.

And when MACs screw up, they screw up BIG. I would rather deal with the
usually easy to fix PC issues than a screwed up MAC. Sadly, I have to
deal with both at work. I never knew how much I have come to like XP,
until Vista came out.

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