wow. and to think you could've just bought a mac and been online in thirty
seconds!

why would anyone willingly put themselves through this torture?

2008/9/19 Nick REES <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Been offline due to Stream messing around with my settings and engineers
> just wanting money when they've come around to fix the problem.
>
> 8 days later, I still have no internet in my apartment and Stream say it
> will be "another 2 days" for the 3rd time. Akado are installing wireless
> internet and 80 channel tv tomorrow am.
>
> XP/Asus drivers for my wifi were installed in 2 mins by the first engineer.
> The only thing that they did right. I'm now wireless in Scandinavia!!!
>
> Overall, I've had the most horrific experience in the last week and am sick
> of computers. My laptop won't be coming on holiday with me next week!!!
>
> Thanks to everyone who offered help and ideas....I really appreciate it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: David Nitzsche-Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: The Moscow Expat List <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 8:37:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Expat List Computer genius needed!
>
> Just some more background on the issue....
>
> The problem is that the Asus website specifically does NOT have
> drivers for the items in the model that Nick bought. I spent quite
> some time trying to figure out - one way or another - which model of
> wireless adapter, built-in ethernet adapter, bluetooth, chipset, etc.
> was in the system. I even wrote to Asus Tech Support who said, more or
> less, "too bad. This model doesn't support XP." Which any computer
> expert knows is nonsense - since there is no device out there which
> supports Vista but XP.
>
> Secondly, regarding Vista, I've heard nothing but negative comments
> from all my clients who have or have had Vista. What with the security
> issues, the annoying "Do you want to permit this action? Confirm or
> deny?" messages that appear everywhere and also Nick's stated desire
> to stick with XP instead of learning a new OS - it was not an unusual
> or uncommon suggestion to downgrade to XP. It's something I've done
> hundreds of times, and not once has there been a problem. Not until now.
>
> My $0.02.
>
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