Hi Lionel, Office 2003 runs fine on 7. Why upgrade?
Yuki Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 2:04:44 PM, you wrote: LI> Yuki: LI> LI> I had to reformat my hard drive. I took this as an opportunity to install LI> Windows 7. I expected a learning time, but I think Win 7 is a poor LI> replacement for Win XP. LI> LI> I add that Office 2007 is needlessly complicated and more cumbersome than LI> Office XP. LI> LI> You are quite correct when you say that we are trapped in Windows prison. LI> LI> Regards LI> LI> Lionel LI> LI> LI> From: [email protected] LI> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf LI> Of Yuki Taga LI> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:51 PM LI> To: Lionel Issen LI> Subject: Re: [amibroker] OT: Windows 7 - Mail Live Contacts LI> LI> LI> Hi Lionel, LI> Yeah, well ... what? ^_^ LI> I just made the move from XP to 7, and of course I bought a new box LI> to handle the load. LI> Wonderful. I would not think of going back. LI> A few interface differences that I might have preferred otherwise. LI> But we are trapped in Windows prison (and as TJ has pointed out, that LI> is where the data providers live, so that is where we have to live). LI> In fact, 7 is not a "successor" to XP. You have to do a clean LI> install because there is no direct upgrade path, and I'd recommend a LI> state-of-the-art box. LI> If anyone is running 7 on an XP video card from 8 years ago, the LI> experience is going to be substandard, to say the least. LI> Back to the original thread ... still using The Bat! for email, and LI> quite happy with it in 7. There is a free backup utility built into LI> the program (hint, TJ) that restores *everything* perfectly. You LI> don't skip a beat or lose a message. LI> Yuki (three Nanao monitors running horizontally on an Ergotron stand LI> to keep footprints off the desk -- it's really the cat's pajamas) LI> Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 12:21:22 PM, you wrote: LI> LI> I find win 7 a poor successor to Win XP. LI> LI> It is not stable, images don't stay in place, it takes me longer to do LI> LI> tasks than before. LI> LI> LI> LI> Lionel LI> LI> LI> LI> From: [email protected] LI> <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> LI> LI> [mailto:[email protected] LI> <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ] LI> On Behalf LI> LI> Of Ara Kaloustian LI> LI> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 12:58 PM LI> LI> To: AB-Main LI> LI> Subject: [amibroker] OT: Windows 7 - Mail Live Contacts LI> LI> LI> LI> LI> LI> I just switched to WIN 7 and using Mail Live for email program (with LI> gmail LI> LI> address). LI> LI> LI> LI> The contacts features seem to be very primitive... LI> LI> - can not import for other address book LI> LI> - can not categorize mail into different folders (as in Outlok Express) LI> LI> - etc LI> LI> LI> LI> Did I miss something? LI> LI> LI> LI> What program(s) work well with WIN 7?? LI> LI> LI> LI> LI> LI> Thanks LI> LI> LI> LI> Ara
