Hi Tom.
The funny thing about windows 7, is how few reasons there are that I should!
upgrade.
For instance, I'm writing my phd thesis in word 2007, and there is
absolutely nothing in word 2010 or later that would make that task of
writing my phd easier, ---- quite the reverse in fact.
All the games and such I play are quite runnable on xp, indeed the only game
I've ever seen that requires windows 7 is airik the clerric and even that is
going to be fixed.
The latest version of winamp, ---- my favourite media player are fine with
xp, and indeed from what I've seen outlook express beats microsoft outlook
or windows messenger hands down as a quick and useable E-mail client.
I'm using ie8 for brouser the net, ---- I've tried firefox but it crashes so
much it isn't worth it, and though various websites like sendspace tell me
things like "you are using an outdated brouser" I've found very little that
won't work with ie8 for all that.
Back in 2004 I was using a windows 98 laptop, and I kept running accross
applications and games that required xp, indeed this was why I never tried
galaxy ranger or the self voicing sapi interpreters and mush clients until I
upgraded my machine.
i thought that was what would happen with wndows 7, that eventually more and
more applications would use it, so at the point I was forced to get it with
a new computer, there would be more new stuff I wanted it for.
This however simply hasn't happened!
So "the dark ages" as you put it really ain't looking so dark from where I'm
standing.
I'm not saying I will attempt to install xp if this pc breaks, but it would
be something I'd seriously considder, sinse rather than being an upgrade
windows 7 looks like it'd be more trouble than good over all, and just
because microsoft say it's "better" that doesn't mean it actually is so for
the things I wish to use a pc for.
So the security might be better, ---- well that only really makes a
difference if the current security was causing problems, and thanks to avg
it certainly isn't.
So outlook express doesn't have all the fancy conference options of windows
messenger, ---- do I want them? hell no! I want to read my mail quickly and
reply quickly, and outlook express is absolutely fine for that.
If windows 7 has nothing to actually offer me but a screwy interface,
program incompatibilities and bad mail programs, and I'll be using virtual
machines, classic shell and just about every other trick in the book to turn
windows 7 into xp, ---- why should I bother with windows 7 at all?
I'd actually be interested if anyone does! have anything good to say about
windows 7 that will actually affect my computer and what I do and let me do
it better, sinse from everything I've seen, ---- including the occasions
I've had a go with Hal on other windows 7 machines, it seems there is no
bennifit to me and just lots of cost, --- -where as upgrading from 98 to xp
had huge bennifits and no cost at all.
Hay, maybe by the time my xp desktop bites the bullit we'll be in to windows
8 anyway, and several of the more annoying stuff like ribbons and
incompatibility with 16 bit programs won't be such an issue, ---- and as for
my laptop, I'm probably going to replace that with an Iphone or Ipad anyway
next time, sinse as a portable device there are loads of advantages, and
unlike windows xp vs 7, there are lots! of fun things I'd like to do on an
Ipad, ---- though I wouldn't want a mac as a desktop sinse that would also
stop me doing the windows stuff entirely.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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