Hi Kevin,
Just between you & me, I think MS needed to sell some more software so
they created Vista where a need had not been shown to exist - at least not
anything I need. I like MS because I believe their suite of programs that
communicated with others at a time when that wasn't a given - *sure*, it
was self-serving - because they're in business to make money. But I don't
want to be a test dummy for a new OS.
Back to Vista - I am reasonably happy with XP. It does just about
everything needed even though I'm sure Vista has many enhancements, I doubt
they're worth (to me) the cost of buying a new OS and agonizing thru the
period of de-bugging.
People buying new puters are stuck unless they want to do things the old
fashioned way and are willing to install XP in a new puter. Not a bad idea
IMHO. Since I still have my XP CD I may go that route if I upgrade.
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Kraly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Vista hits the recyclers
The time had come for me to purchase a new laptop, so off to the store I
went. Everything was set up with Vista, so I bought an HP. I couldn't
use
the lighted multimedia buttons at the top of the keyboard since I couldn't
do it by touch alone since touching them set them off and there was no way
to tell which one I pushed. Back that one went. I then purchased a
Toshiba
that was also set up with Vista only to find out that my Jaws For Windows
synthesizer wouldn't work with Vista, DARM! I ended up buying another
Toshiba, the last one with Xp, the Media Center Edition. This one
required
the professional version of the voice synth, a $340 upgrade! I figured
this
was worth not going with Vista, and it's working out. Wifey was having
similar problems and ended up going with an XP equipped Toshiba laptop,
the
exact same one I have. Her magnification software works with either XP or
Vista, so we're OK for a while. The guys at both comp stores we went to
said, and I quote,
"Vista SUCKS!!!!"
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
1983 300SD 266K miles, Ursula
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