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Article #241897Re: [ot] warning this is ot
From: DG
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:08
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:08
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Op 13-1-2010 21:41, neppie schreef: >>>>>>> Why are you still using an OS that does not support UTF-8? Do you >>>>>>> really still use Windows 95? Or is it your newsreader that does not >>>>>>> support UTF-8? >>> >>> Apparently mine doesn't either. Because I am teh lazy. >> >> My supported the UTF-8, but I don't think it was because of me being >> all the non-lazy. > > Hahaha, I am using some Windows Live Mail junk. That's super lazy. > > <snip> This is the first time I've considered installing Thunderbird "hard work". >>> 98 was a way better OS, IMO. Even XP was better. Vista is like a dumb >>> people's OS, and nothing works on it unless you want to jump through >>> hurdles. Even then there's problems. >>> >> Not more than XP or 98 did. I don't get why people hate Vista. I >> haven't seen Vista do anything that it shouldn't. At least not more >> than XP. Having said that, I didn't see anything that made me wish I >> had Vista (or Seven). If it ain't broke, don't fix it. > > My main beef is that Sony has no drivers for my video camera compatible > with Vista - but that's a Sony issue. I need to send them a strongly > worded letter. I did find some compatible stuff for my regular Sony > camera though. > I still don't like Vista. =) Just a general ickiness about it that I > can't get past. > It's truly crap on a cracker. If I had KNOWN it was crap on a cracker, I > never would have let them put it on my new laptop when I ordered it last > year, and got XP instead. And yeah, my old desktop comp is staying with > XP. I'm not upgrading the OS on that. I have read people upgrading XP systems to Vista did tend to run into trouble since it was a more demanding OS. -- Danny.
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