George, someone just found a cache of 200 old sealed wine bottles under the sea and it appears that those bottles will go for a pretty penny, maybe over $100,000. a pop. If aged wine is such an attractive drink, well, being age 76 is makes you a standout. marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Marshall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7
: What does that make me at 76? : George R. Marshall : [email protected] : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]> : To: <[email protected]> : Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 4:41 PM : Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 : : : > : > The "elderly" members of your family are in their 40's? I guess that : > makes me a doddering old geezer at the age of 60. : > : > Gerald : > : > : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "chris hallsworth" <[email protected]> : > To: <[email protected]> : > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 4:32 PM : > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 : > : > : >> No I completely understand that. Me and my sister both use Windows 7, but : >> my elderly members of my family are using XP, simply because I didn't : >> want them to learn a whole new operating system as they are in their : >> 40's! They just want to turn on a computer, surf the web, turn off again. : >> That's all. So thought why not go for XP as it's something they're used : >> to. They have both a desktop and a netbook running XP Home and they're : >> happy with it. : >> : >> : >> From Chris H in Derbyshire : >> : >> On 10/09/2010 21:19, Marilyn Walker wrote: : >>> Chris, it is all a matter of opinion. Most of us are not computer : >>> experts : >>> or developers or geeks or whatever. If xp is working for many of us it : >>> seems sort of silly to change and spend all that money just to say you : >>> have : >>> the latest of whatever. I have college teacher friends who are being : >>> forced : >>> into windows 7 at work (the college skipped Vista for good reason) and : >>> they : >>> are having fits about the new stuff. I don't see that Microsoft or : >>> anyone : >>> else takes into consideration that a lot of already harried educators : >>> keep : >>> getting slammed into all the new stuff whether it is necessary to do it : >>> or : >>> not. THen constant Blackboard upgrades enter the mix with the end : >>> result : >>> that all their time is devoted to computer hassles rather than to : >>> teaching : >>> students history, literature and the other things that they are in : >>> college : >>> to learn. Just my opinion. In my former life, I was quite able to : >>> teach : >>> just fine with chalk, walk and talk. I'm not convinced that all the : >>> newest : >>> technology can substitute for that unless one such as we cannot see : >>> without : >>> the technology. If xp serves one well, he or she could do worse than to : >>> change until forced to do so. : >>> What exactly, is so great about windows 7? Marilyn : >>> ----- Original Message ----- : >>> From: "chris hallsworth"<[email protected]> : >>> To:<[email protected]> : >>> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 1:43 PM : >>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 : >>> : >>> : >>> : Hum, what do you exactly mean by this? Nothing is better than Windows : >>> 7 : >>> : so far. : >>> : : >>> : : >>> : From Chris H in Derbyshire : >>> : : >>> : On 10/09/2010 19:36, Francis E. Khan wrote: : >>> :> Thank you for the information. By 2014 we might be able to get : >>> :> something better than Windows 7. : >>> :> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Walker" : >>> <[email protected]> : >>> :> To:<[email protected]> : >>> :> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 2:33 PM : >>> :> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 : >>> :> : >>> :> : >>> :>> Why would you want to do that? XP will be supported into 2014 and I : >>> am : >>> :>> sticking with it because it has been a super operating system for : >>> me. : >>> One : >>> :>> of my nephews is the networking director of an important midwestern : >>> :>> university medical school and he has urged me to stick witih xp as : >>> :>> long as I : >>> :>> can. Marilyn : >>> :>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Francis E. Khan" : >>> <[email protected]> : >>> :>> To: "Blind Computing"<[email protected]> : >>> :>> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 1:26 PM : >>> :>> Subject: [Blind-Computing] Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 : >>> :>> : >>> :>> : >>> :>> :I am using XP and wonder whether I can upgrade to Version 7. 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