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Re: [ot] warning this is ot

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From: DG
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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Subject: Re: [ot] warning this is ot
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