Back when Office 2007 came out, my friends liked it so I installed it. I have kept it because it has some features that I use. I think that it seemed to better under Win XP than it does under Win 7, strange.
If you have more discussion on this topic, please write me directly as it is not pertinent to Amibroker. Regards Lionel From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yuki Taga Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 1:25 AM To: Lionel Issen Subject: Re: [amibroker] OT: Windows 7 - Mail Live Contacts 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] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> LI> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> ] 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] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> LI> <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> LI> LI> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> 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
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