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Brenda Ann wrote:
"Joe from Kokomo" wrote in message
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Brenda Ann wrote:

Many pieces of hardware do not, and will not, have drivers for Vista.

Various versions of Vista have extremely restrictive DCMA software that
won't even let you load or play your own ripped mp3 files or pre-recorded
video.

There have also been issues with various application programs not running
in Vista, requiring you to install and run a "virtual machine" to run
Windows XP compliant programs. In addition to this, Vista dropped all
"legacy" support for 16 bit software. This is not normally a problem for
most users, but some have "favorite" screen savers or nostalgic video
games that will no longer run on Vista (or Windows 7 for that matter).
Vista will not run most emulators without tweaking.
A lot of words to say that Vista is a P.O.S. :-)

Ah, but it settles a lot of questions that might have come up as a result of
simply saying that Vista is a P.O.S... some might think that statement
arbitrary and capricious.


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"dave" wrote in message
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ROFL!!!

But just think, lot of people thought XP sucked, too.. till Vista came out,
and they found that Bill Gates had created the perfect vacuum.. :)

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The guy at Velocity Micro www.velocitymicro.com installed and
tweaked Windows XP Home Edition in my Velocity Micro ProMagix desk top
computer.It works Grrrrrrrreat.
cuhulin

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One of my recent snail mail computery magazines says Windows 7 isn't
hardly any faster than XP,,,, maybe the article says Vista, I would have
to look it up.
cuhulin

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Brenda Ann wrote:
"dave" wrote in message
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1 - 10 of 19,500,000 for vista sucks (About) - 0.46 s | SearchScanBETA On

ROFL!!!

But just think, lot of people thought XP sucked, too.. till Vista came out,
and they found that Bill Gates had created the perfect vacuum.. :)




XP works O.K. (for Windows).

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wrote:
The guy at Velocity Micro www.velocitymicro.com installed and
tweaked Windows XP Home Edition in my Velocity Micro ProMagix desk top
computer.It works Grrrrrrrreat.
cuhulin


For these prices I hope you got a reacharound too.

http://www.velocitymicro.com/category.php?cid=2

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I bought my big Velocity Micro computer in 2004.I paid about $1,440.00
for my Velocity Micro computer.If I ever buy another computer, it will
be a Velocity Micro computer, a big desktop computer.I have no desire
for little portable computers, laptops, notebooks, netbooks or similar.I
don't tote.
cuhulin

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The thing is, they are not going to support XP for ever.

I love XP but the new software won't run on it.

I """WILL""" learn Windows 7. I'll make it run fine.

Burr

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wrote:
I bought my big Velocity Micro computer in 2004.I paid about $1,440.00
for my Velocity Micro computer.If I ever buy another computer, it will
be a Velocity Micro computer, a big desktop computer.I have no desire
for little portable computers, laptops, notebooks, netbooks or similar.I
don't tote.
cuhulin


I am typing on a $200 WalMart Everex desktop computer. It works great.
My amateur radio computer has a $40 motherboard, a $120 Core 2 Duo
processor, a $30 high efficiency power supply, $20 worth (2 gigs) of
RAM, an old 80 gig PATA drive, and a used case. It will run circles
around your giant Velocity Micro.

I have a netbook doing web radio duties. I have another that monitors
10.140 MHz (USB) for psk31 traffic and reports any activity to the
pskreporter on the internets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQpBGh9RMEQ

http://psk.gladstonefamily.net/pskmap.html

I have never paid more than $500 for a personal desktop computer.
Including my ProTools machine.

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My August 2009 PC World snail mail magazine showed up here
yesterday.There are a few articles in the magazine about Windows 7, but
I haven't read them yet.I will read/glance at them next time I am
sitting on the pot.My August 2009 Smart Computing snail mail magazine
should be showing up here in a few days.My older snail mail computer
magazines have some articles about Windows 7 too.I do my best reading
when I am on the pot.
www.smartcomputing.com
www.pcworld.com
Popular Mechanics and Popular Science magazines have some good computer
articles too.
www.popularmechanics.com
www.popsci.com
cuhulin