Hi I agree with Roy on this, Windoze is what you make it, its just as much fun to tinker with as Qdos. The latest renditons, XP, XP64bit, office 2003. are as solid as rocks, and on 64 bit CPUs, really fly. Easily tweaked to suit your self.
Does QPC2 run on 64 bit processors yet? Regards Mike MacNamara [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Operating Systems > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, J G Hitchcock > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >(.....) > >But it is in modern terms. This is the crux of what I started ages ago. > >Our concept of a computer lives in the past. Today that idea is not want > >is wanted by Joe public. > >-- > >Roy Wood > >======================================== > > > >I have followed/am following this discussion with interest. > > > >I think all the extra-list friends I have who are ethusiastic about > >computers would agree with Roy... as I do. > > > >We 'listees' are all 'conditioned', the products of our (different from the > >average) computer experience. And, in my case anyway, this is very > >different to the experience of all I help to set and maintain their systems. > >They are 100% "Woodites". They appreciate the value of having a 'deeper' > >understanding - as long as someone else has to have it. But, no thanks, it's > >not for them. However they all - at one and the same time - want (and > >expect) an all singin' and dancin' computer. > > > >The Woods have it! ;-) > To be fair I was only arguing the case from the perspective of the > modern computer user. However, if you make the effort, you can learn to > hack Windoze around a lot. There are 'tweak' programs that allow you to > explore and change settings you would otherwise have no access to and > there is the ubiquitous registry which is where it is all controlled > from. If some of the users applied themselves to understanding that they > could control a lot more of the O/S. > > To a degree this is the same for most of us in some respects. I can > 'understand' my car but I take it to the garage to get it fixed. I > 'understand' the central heating system but I call a plumber and so on. > A computer is just another 'end used device' now and no end of carping > will change that. When I bought my first computer it was to run a > database and do some word processing but I got interested and, in those > days, you could fiddle around with it and make it your own. The same > goes for my first cars. These days I have no time for this and I want to > use the browser, get email and do some of the other stuff that the > computer does without any effort. If I have some time to tinker then I > do it in QPC and that is why we are all here talking and discussing > things. > -- > Roy Wood > Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex. > Tel: +44 (0) 1273 386030 fax: +44 (0) 1273 430501 > web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List
