Re: [CGUYS] M$ [Was: iTunes: Crap or not.]

> Using your hint (but still no links) I searched the database for posts > with "7 Windows" or "Windows 7" and "M$", but I came up dry. I can't > find > any evidence that the offensive event ever happened. > > When I search on "I have no major arguments with the content" I get > just > one hit and

Re: [CGUYS] In Defense of Idiots [Was: Recommendation for simpl

> >You should be blogging and/or get back on radio (or podcast) about > your > >technological/social/political views. > > Have you located us a rich sponsor? > > Add in Chris and Jeff and we could be as obnoxious as the McLaughlin > Group. It would be much better than the tiresome "Cranky Geeks."

Re: [CGUYS] M$ [Was: iTunes: Crap or not.]

> The MARC goes further back. I see it. That is a 4 year > old post! Well now we all know that you can carry a > grudge for years and years. So everybody be careful of Chris. As I've mentioned several times, all I did was make a comment that this had occurred. You're the one who created the "tem

Re: [CGUYS] M$ [Was: iTunes: Crap or not.]

> > This is intolerable. > Yes! What an outrage! > If I were you I'd quit this list! I hope Tom never calls you a liar when you aren't. You might feel differently. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archiv

Re: [CGUYS] M$ [Was: iTunes: Crap or not.]

> The person who offended you so much ... You (and Tom) are blowing my rather mild comment all out of proportion. I mentioned it because it came to mind in the context of the discussion. This isn't something I spend every night stewing about; I simply remember that it happened because it is so unu

Re: [CGUYS] M$ [Was: iTunes: Crap or not.]

> There you go again. I did not call you a liar. OK, so when you say, "The folks who run the archive tell me there is no way to delete posts once they have entered the archive. So strange. It is as if the whole thing never happened," that's not an implication that I made it up? Seriously? Are you

Re: [CGUYS] M$ [Was: iTunes: Crap or not.]

> Way too casual to be so offended about MS vs. M$. See, that's the thing. I'm not offended about MS vs. M$. I don't care how anyone else refers to MS, and I never said that I did. I just didn't think someone should have altered MY text to read that way, and I mentioned this pretty casually. Th

Re: [CGUYS] Disabling balloons poopng up over Windows XP taskbar icons

> A quick Google search gave this: > http://malektips.com/windows_xp_0009.html > > PS If you're using IE, I hope you're using the newest version 8. I think this is talking about the ones I mentioned in my reply, the notification balloons in the system tray. *

Re: [CGUYS] Disabling balloons poopng up over Windows XP taskbar icons

> When I mouse over icons on the Windows XP taskbar, > balloons pop up that provide words to explain what > the icon is. For example, when I mouse over the > Internet Explorer icon, a balloon pops up that > states, "Internet Explorer". How do I get rid of > these balloons? I'm not aware of a w

Re: [CGUYS] Camera query. Just curious.

> Digital camera folks! Which manner of "viewfinding" do you use > and/or prefer? Camera held out in front of you at arms length as you > stand or walk about looking like a zombie, or to use the actual > viewfinder if your camera has one? > > I'm a viewfinder person myself if for no other re

Re: [CGUYS] Camera query. Just curious.

> While I prefer the viewfinder, the digital zoom only shows up in the > LCD screen. I've seen people miss their zoomed-in shot by only looking > through the viewfinder. I'd like to suggest that you avoid digital zoom if you can (the first thing I do when I get a new camera is to disable it). If

Re: [CGUYS] M$ [Was: iTunes: Crap or not.]

> You feign outrage (or perhaps you really are outraged) > that Tom can't find the post on the basis of the scanty > evidence you provide, and you provide better directions > and demand an apology from Tom. It is that crazy post > that I responded to, not your "rather mild comment" at > the b

Re: [CGUYS] Disabling balloons poopng up over Windows XP taskbar icons

> One could always go into the Task Bar Properties and select "Always > Hide" for each item in the task bar. A second way is to "Autohide" the > TaskBar in properties. Just a couple of options... I think you're talking about the system tray icons (on the right side). Dr. Altus is asking about the

Re: [CGUYS] Frank/ CGUYS chatter [Was:In Defense of Idiots]

> As Tom commented ... he posted a Windows question recently and got no > responses. Frequently now I post a tech question and get one or two > replies and sometimes none. I don't remember exactly what Tom's question was, but I do remember that it wasn't anything I'd seen, and that I didn't know

Re: [CGUYS] Frank/ CGUYS chatter [Was:In Defense of Idiots]

Betty, > Windoze/M$ I thought I told you to stop doing this. Microsoft is to be treated with reverence, and, if you continue in this manner, I am going to turn this car right around. * ** List info, subscription management

Re: [CGUYS] First OS X Botnet Said to be Activating

> Why would anyone steal shareware or freeware? It's free to download > directly from developers. A clarification that you probably already understand: shareware is free to download, but not free to use. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, use but don't pay for shareware, which is de facto ste

Re: [CGUYS] M$ [Was: iTunes: Crap or not.]

> The federal gummint has never run in the black. > Ever. Nor will it. Fantasizing about it won't > change that fact. $millions: Year Receipts Outlays Surplus - - --- 1998 1,721,955 1,652,685 69,270 1999 1,827,645 1,702,035 125,610 2000 2,025,457 1,

[CGUYS] Humourless WFBs

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061008-gates-video-tribute.html?page=1 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ *

[CGUYS] DC first to get free mobile TV

"Washington will be the first U.S. city to get free digital TV broadcasts for mobile devices like cell phones, laptop computers and in-car entertainment systems, broadcasters were set to announce Monday." http://tinyurl.com/cpzoht *

[CGUYS] Behind the Office ribbon

This seems to be my day for posting miscellany. There's been considerable criticism here regarding the Office ribbon: it makes no sense, users hate it, the organization is random, etc. This is an interesting article about the woman behind it and how it came to be. As some WFBs have kept repeating,

Re: [CGUYS] Behind the Office ribbon

> The article, and Larson-Green, slam "confusingly redundant features" > (multiple ways to accomplish the same action/function, find the button > that does it). I think that's just wrong. The redundant ways give > multiple options for finding a function when you are just hunting for > it, and mak

Re: [CGUYS] Behind the Office ribbon

> All MS needed to do was to provide a "classic" interface > (everything in its legacy place) option for the Office 2007 > applications, and all would be well. Too expensive, too > much in a hurry, or too lazy to do that? But then everything > I need to do seems to be a capability of Office

Re: [CGUYS] Upgrade MS Office from 2003 to Office 2007

> On a Windows XP computer I need to upgrade from > MS Office 2003 to Office 2007. > > Everything I read on the web says to uninstall 2003 > first, then install 2007. > > That's relatively easy, BUT how do I preserve all my > contact information, calendar and notes in Outlook ? > > Is it all in

[CGUYS] No netbook for you!

"I think it's a stretch to call it a personal computer." Apple's Tim Cook: Why don't we make netbooks? Because they suck. http://tinyurl.com/cs5ex8 * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy **

Re: [CGUYS] No netbook for you!

> And we wonder why Apple is called elitist? You gotta love some of the comments on the post, e.g., "[I]f you're carrying a bag anyway, why not stick an Air, or in my case, a Pro, in there?" What planet do these people live on? Does it simply never occur to them that some people can afford $300 b

Re: [CGUYS] No netbook for you!

> The reply from apple is particularly strange considering they do sell > a netbook.  In fact, they sell two.  The iPhone and the iTouch. Nah. iPhone runs Open Office or a similar full-featured word processor? Where's the keyboard? These are excellent products, but they aren't netbooks.

Re: [CGUYS] APPL vs MSFT Stats

> The iPhone & iTouch are not computers? They run OS X. With all the > current discussion of netbooks I'm surprised that you don't recognize > the > ultimate net book. Or is being crappy a prerequisite for being a net > book? No, but a keyboard sure is. And a screen big enough to read a word proce

Re: [CGUYS] No netbook for you!

> Woopie, just what the world has been waiting for. > > Apparently 1 of the 3 will be your anti-virus software. No, it isn't like that. AV doesn't count, nor does any of Windows itself (e.g., Explorer Windows, command windows, control panel apps, Task Manager, etc.). Installers don't count. Most

Re: [CGUYS] APPL vs MSFT Stats

> >No, but a keyboard sure is. > > Has one. > > >And a screen big enough to read a word processing document or a > spreadsheet. > > Has that too. I see you've taken a return trip to LoopyLand, the magical world where the Mac Mini is an excellent choice for taking to class or on an aircraft. Le

Re: [CGUYS] No netbook for you!

> Were you around whan IBM came out theit its "PC Jr"? It is like that. Yes, I was around, and it is not like that at all. It is a version that is intended for the limited hardware environment of lower-end netbooks, that's all. ***

Re: [CGUYS] APPL vs MSFT Stats

> My point is that a net book's keyboard is too small for serious typing. > It is just barely better than the iPhone/iTouch's version. Not better > enough. You have a lot of real-life experience typing on netbooks? Or watching people who do? My son can type just as fast on his netbook as he can on

Re: [CGUYS] APPL vs MSFT Stats

> >To say that a reduced-size version of a real keyboard > >is "barely better" than a tiny touchscreen simulation > >of a keyboard is fantasy. > > I'll wait for Apple to do it right. I'm shocked. Of course, in the meantime the rest of us are getting our work done with our crappy keyboard-based

Re: [CGUYS] Latest Win 7 Hack is "Unfixable"

> Windows 7 Can Be Hacked, No Fix > http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Windows-7-Hacked-controlled,7619.html > > They claim it bypasses all the kernel's security features and that the > problem "can not ever be fixed." Requires physical access to the computer. With physical access, you can do prett

Re: [CGUYS] Latest Win 7 Hack is "Unfixable"

> > Requires physical access to the computer. With > > physical access, you can do pretty much anything > > you want to any computer. > > > > Why don't you bother to mention this? (That's a > > rhetorical question, everyone already knows the > > answer.) > > > > Isn't there a feature in Vista

Re: [CGUYS] Latest Win 7 Hack is "Unfixable"

> Eh, I can envision a two step remote attack that > would put the offending files on the flash drive > just waiting for a reboot. I assume you can't > lock the ready boost drive from new writes and > have it work. No, I don't think that would work. ReadyBoost just analyzes what goes on at boot

[CGUYS] Virtual XP for Win7

Apparently Win7 will include a downloadable virtual environment and a complete, fully licensed copy of XP. The environment runs on the Win7 desktop, so there's no need to start a separate desktop for programs that require XP. The real significance of this is that it allows MS to start cleaning dea

Re: [CGUYS] Virtual XP for Win7

> I wonder if they will give us a DOS environment. I would assume so, since it's a full version of XP. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more

Re: [CGUYS] New MS ad...

> In the ad, the mom is out with her son, shopping > for a gaming computer for what appears to be maybe > a thirteen/fourteen year old. Her budget is $1,500. > Is this the norm these days for expenditures on the > whims of children? I don't think it's the "norm", especially in this economy, b

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

> http://www.pcworld.com/article/163961/new_apple_gizmos_coming_exclusive > ly_to_verizon.html > > > Everybody is guessing. I see that you continue to be confused about what a netbook is. * ** List info, subscription man

Re: [CGUYS] Latest Win 7 Hack is "Unfixable"

> >This is a non-story. > > I was wondering how long it would take Chris to do a Dick Cheney on us. Gotta love the selective copy & paste job, carefully crafted to omit the entire context of my statement. Cheesy politicians are pretty good at that sort of thing, too. ***

Re: [CGUYS] Can´t install IE7

> I then tried three times to install IE 7 on the top of IE 6. It goes > well, finishes, tells me to re-start and... when I check IE the version > remains 6.0.2900. > > Now what? Marcio, I don't know the answer to your question offhand, but I'm curious: when you had IE8 installed and it

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

> What do you do with a netbook? It's too small for day to day computing. > So what do you do? Email? Web surfing? Find restaurants? Directions? > Tweet? Wall scribbles on Facebook? You write this condescending BS, but can't understand why people think Mac users are elitist? My son has one. He d

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

> >I see that you continue to be confused about what a netbook is. > > Oh yes, I forgot, it has to be crappy. No, it has to have a keyboard and a screen that you don't need a magnifying glass to see. "As of the start of 2009, the established definition of a netbook was a notebook computer with a

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

> I'm not being condescending. I'm annoyed that instead of > using an accurate description of a product, marketing depts. > too often redefine names of existing products to confuse > people, either because of laziness on their part or > deliberate obfuscation. This is another example of > that.

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

> >I can't conceive of doing what he does with a 3.5" screen and an > >execrable, microscopic, touchscreen keyboard simulation. > > Even an illiterate WFB could have just looked at the > pictures to see that the speculative Apple iPad did not have > a 3.5" screen. > > Those LCDs that Apple has

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

> >You write this condescending BS, but can't understand > >why people think Mac users are elitist? > > I can understand why people think WFBs with their off-brand, low-speced > PCs and belligerent attitudes are just trailer trash. > > Are we here to discuss computers or call each other names?

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

> Certain elements of society like to take words > that mean perfectly good things and twist their > usage into something undesirable. What the heck > is wrong with being elite? Wouldn't most people > like to be elite at something? wouldn't you like > to know elite people or use elite products

Re: [CGUYS] Apple Will Show You Net Books Done Right

> You are off topic. Any reference to the iPad as being a netbook is by definition off topic. It doesn't have a keyboard. It's described as a "media pad". It's an iPod with HD video and a WiFi phone. It's clearly not intended for the same kinds of uses as a netbook. Furthermore, it's "smaller th

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> Talk with my computer shop today and wanted to buy from them the > Windows Vista Nome SP1 to install on my new computer. The nice owner > told me that I should not buy it because Microsoft is taking Vista out > of the market because it would cost them too much to fix all the bugs. > Recommended t

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> Your computer shop guy is a smart guy. Our WFBs will disagree. Is this supposed to be funny, or what? Encouraging your own list member--an individual who appears to trust CGUYS for good advice and information--continue to patronize an establishment where management is clearly clueless is a real

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> I will not comment on the shop owners Vista comment (Don't run it, > cant comment) Rev, you don't need to be a Vista user to know that she's wrong. What she said was, "Microsoft is taking Vista out of the market because it would cost them too much to fix all the bugs." That's just false, as in n

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> You certainly don't want to deal with someone who puts your interests > first. Better to find a shop where the lie to you and get you to waste > your money. After all M$ has to find a way out of its $ales $lump. Got > to put first things first and customers last. This is incomprehensible. She c

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> Seems strange he would say this. The comment about the > free 30 day upgrade would kill sales now I would think. > On top of MS specifically not saying when win 7 is due. Supposedly, any new PC sold with Vista after July 1 is going to be eligible for a free upgrade. ***

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> The upgrade path is not known at this time, but > it should be expected that you will be able to > upgrade directly from XP to Windows 7. No, it appears that you will be able to do an in-place upgrade from Vista, but not from XP. If you have XP, a clean install will be required. **

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> Chris I don't use so I don't know how buggy it is. I don't think I expressed myself very clearly. Whether or not Vista is buggy isn't relevant. Here's what she said, in essence: "Toyota is discontinuing the 2009 Camry because it stinks, and Toyota doesn't want to spend the money to build it c

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> >Whether or not Vista is buggy isn't relevant. Are you SURE you're not a politician? I ask this because you're really, really good at quoting stuff out of context. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, arch

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> >Encouraging your own list member--an individual who > >appears to trust CGUYS for good advice and information > >--continue to patronize an establishment where management > >is clearly clueless is a really lousy thing to do. > > I think I know very well who is completely clueless. > > http:/

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> And I was completey wrong it appears. The guy was a gal. Right. I think there were one or two other problems with your responses besides that. Please answer the following yes or no questions: 1. Did the shop owner accurately characterize Microsoft's plans when she said that it is "taking Vista

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> This is what I am afraid... If this is the case I would rather do a > clean install with Vista now while the computer is new. > > Marcio Actually, I think Jeff had a great idea. Windows 7 RC1 will be available for free download on May 5 and will be valid for a full year, so it will work until

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> Is there anything wrong with XP that would motivate > "upgrading" to Vista? I don't see anything. > > etc. etc. etc. I knew it was hopeless to ask for honest, non-weasely responses. You failed to answer a single question honestly because, over and over and over, you're completely missing the p

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> Then with your Vista question, again they did not care that XP was a > much safer choice for you. They had to push Vista to bolster M$ bottom > line at your expense and they jumped all over your truth-telling > computer lady. Unbelievable. Here is one of the questions I asked you: >>Did I, or

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> Okay. Then let's agree to agree. Vista bad, stick with XP. > > I'm glad that's over. That's just pathetic. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, an

Re: [CGUYS] Windows Vista out?

> >It was, however, very simple: was the information Marcio > >got from his shop owner about WHY he should not upgrade > >accurate and reliable? Does the shop owner appear to be > >knowledgable and competent? It's clear to everyone except > >you that she is not. > > I answered that directly. O

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

> Ars has a nice article with the bizarre news that XP mode in W7 > requires _specific_ versions of AMD or Intel's processors: XPM requires a virtualization mode that most, but not all, AMD and Intel processors support. I don't follow exactly what you think is so "bizarre" about this. **

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

> Okay, Chris, so you didn't bother to read it. You're > a swordsman, not a scholar: few clues (or cares). > > For those who aren't know-it-alls: In W7, XPM requires > _specific_ versions of Intel's -VT processors or AMD-V > processors. My 2009 company laptop does not qualify. I read it, Mar

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

> The words "goof up" were chosen by Ars, not by list > member Mike. Ars says most of AMD's processors won't > support XPM and that Intel's support is "spotty." > > Are you suggesting that the folks at Ars are all rabid > anti Microsofties? I simply asked Mark to explain why he thinks this is

Re: [CGUYS] Win7 XPM & Intel [Was: Win7 Speed Improvement]

> Don't you think about what the words mean while you are reading? Well, I guess that when I read the "vast majority of AMD chips support XPM", I don't interpret that to mean that "the vast majority of AMD chips don't support XPM". But that's just me. **

Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

> Wired Magazine's March issue had a story about netbooks > that asked "What about > Photoshop?" Their answer is http://fotoflexer.com/. Flickr.com also has > photo editing tools. This looks really interesting, Betty. Thanks! *

Re: [CGUYS] Are old LPs worth anything?

> My two cents: depends on what the LP is. And that's probably close to the actual value of some of them. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and m

Re: [CGUYS] Are old LPs worth anything?

> Blu-ray is Sony. Not sure I follow this. There are plenty of other players in the Blu-Ray market, e.g., Samsung, Sharp, Panasonic, Pioneer, Harmon-Kardon, LG, and Philips. > Blu-ray hasn't been widely adopted and is still very expensive. Expensive, yes, but I'm not sure I agree about the oth

Re: [CGUYS] Photo editing software

As it happens, I just ran across a new writeup of eight free, lightweight Photoshop alternatives: http://tinyurl.com/qr6dow * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a

Re: [CGUYS] Shareware {WAS: Photo editing software]

Bits from several different messages: > Graphicconverter is great. And it doesn't take a half > minute to open. I'm still using it in nonpaid mode and > it only takes about 10-15secs. to open. > For the Mac, there is Graphic Converter. It is shareware. > It is an extensive editing package. I

Re: [CGUYS] Shareware {WAS: Photo editing software]

> I have run across a number of shareware apps over > time that are actually fully functional and completely > unrestricted in any way even if a fee is not paid. Right, but even if the software is fully functional, the user could still be in violation of the license agreement. My point is really

Re: [CGUYS] Shareware {WAS: Photo editing software]

> Possibly. However, in the past, and even now to some extent, some > shareware packages have clearly indicated that it is okay to use the > application even of the fee has not been paid. Most do ask that one > make a "donation" if they like the app and use it. > > I have an image processing

Re: [CGUYS] Revealed Truth

> Windows 7 Raises Complaints... > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346691,00.asp The wealth of damning detail in this article is just overwhelming. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privac

Re: [CGUYS] Vista-Windows mail and Emoticon's question

> When i hold Shift and press the colon and the parenthesis keys, my > output doesn't change...it remains as :) for me and the receiver. > However, when i input those characters in a web post and post to the > Web, it shows up as an emoticon. Why is it that my keystrokes don't > change into emotico

Re: [CGUYS] Revealed Truth

> And so legally you twist the definition because certain members > of > the military agreed to have it done to them with their training. What > contract did the prisoners at Guantanamo(sp) sign? And what about the > law against any contract under duress? The argument is BS. > > Jeff M I think th

Re: [CGUYS] Revealed Truth

> Think of those massive profits Al Gore has been racking up.. Well, actually, Gore donates the profits from his environmental activities, including the books and the movie, to a nonprofit. Most of his wealth is from his Apple and Google stock. ***

Re: [CGUYS] I wonder

> If you still think "Like Mac" = Liberal then you have not been paying > attention on this forum. Well, if this were actually true, MS's 90% market share (or whatever it is) would mean that ~90% of the electorate is conservative, which makes the results of the last election somewhat surprising.

Re: [CGUYS] I wonder

> If you look at a Blue/Red map of the last election the red is > concentrated in urban areas with a high density of population and the > blue is in most of the rest of the area. Rev, are you sure about that? You're saying that urban areas voted Republican and rural areas voted Democratic? I'll ad

Re: [CGUYS] Zune ad

> Anyone see the new Zune Pass ads? > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ExogURaeI&feature=player_embedded > > Any thoughts? Zune Pass is pretty good. Basically, for $15/month you have access to *all* the music in the library. If you cancel your subscription, your tracks expire in a month or so,

Re: [CGUYS] Zune ad

> Why has every attempt to date at selling such a subscription service > been a flop You might mention this to Rhapsody. They don't seem to be aware that they have flopped. * ** List info, subscription management, list rule

Re: [CGUYS] Zune ad

> I am humbled... > > http://gizmodo.com/5256174/new-zune-ad-obliterated-because-you-know- > its-stupid I would be humbled, too, if I had read your little cartoon and didn't notice that it was lying. As I mentioned--and as the text under the cartoon ALSO mentions--you get 10 non-DRM tracks each m

Re: [CGUYS] Zune ad

> Anyone ever rented records, CDs, ... Ever wanted to? Anyone ever paid for XM/Sirius? What's the difference? (Well, other than that with Zune Pass you get to pick the music, you get to keep some of it permanently, and you don't have to buy special equipment to do it.) Or how about Rhapsody? It's

Re: [CGUYS] Zune ad

> No, I just never liked the idea of renting, unless I > really did want to leave the rental behind after a > short period of time. No XM/Sirius for me, either > and I don't pay for TV. That's fine, Mark, but it's a far cry from "Anyone ever rented records, CDs, ... Ever wanted to?", isn't it?

Re: [CGUYS] I wonder

> Wait just a minute. A huge percentage of computers sold with the > Windows OS installed are in business and government offices. It is > quite possible that most Windows machines are not owned by > individuals. Well, I don't know about that. The vast majority of people I know use PCs at home.

Re: [CGUYS] Zune ad

> And the proposition that somebody would spend > $10,000s filling their iPod is so ridiculous. Sure, but how DO you fill a 120GB music device legally without spending a whole bunch of money? * ** List info, subscription ma

Re: [CGUYS] Zune ad

> The CD I'm playing at the moment was purchased about > 10 years ago. Checking online I see the list price > for this boxed set is $71. I probably paid a bit less, > I don't remember. It has 54 tracks, so I guess the > Zune price is $81. So the Zune cost is higher by at > least $10. At 10 tra

Re: [CGUYS] Zune ad

> Would the $53.46 get credited against the $15/month or would I still > have to pay that additionally? $53.46 + $15 = $68.46. No. You can't add the $15 to the price because that pays for your 10 OTHER free tracks plus access to the entire library. Or get 10 of the tracks for nothing and only buy

Re: [CGUYS] AVG found Touchstone Software driveragent_488.exe

> AVG found Touchstone Software driveragent_488.exe during today's scan. > It found it in a junk file where I put all of the programs that came > with the computer that I don't intend on using. It also found it in an > Application Data folder. AVG says it is a Trojan horse SHeur2.AGFP > > Does any

Re: [CGUYS] Zune ad

> I may not be a doctor, but take a chill pill. I see the > discussion as to the differences between service and which service is > right for you. To do this fairly you need to look at all the costs of > each service. Sorry. I couldn't agree more with deciding which service is right for you, a

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

> I love my Imac 24". But for my research I have to travel abroad > periodically -- say, for up to 4-6 weeks at a time once a year. The > MacBooks are just too heavy, too clunky for the kind of travel and > fieldwork that I do. And MacAir is too expensive. So I have been > exploring the option

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

> A netbook will probably not do what you need. They're very limited. MS > Office--forget it. Betty, this is simply false. As I mentioned in my response, my son runs Office 2007 on his Dell Mini, and it works fine. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook. No problems with any of them. They are responsi

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

> Went to a professional seminar last night where the PowerPoint > presentation was run off of a netbook. It crashed halfway through, > much to the embarrassment of the presenter. Took his assistant 5 > minutes to get it rebooted and back to where it was. While I don't > know the details of why it

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

> Tried several. I wouldn't recommend them. Betty, that recommendation is based on YOUR needs and priorities. Marcia specified rather precisely what she needs to do, and current netbooks both meet her needs AND fit her budget. There isn't much point in saying, "*I* don't like them." Better woul

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

> >Betty, that recommendation is based on YOUR needs and priorities. > > Yes I understand how the fact that Betty ACTUALLY DOES what is being > discussed and has FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE certainly disqualifies her > observations on the matter. Tom, clearly she does not. I will remind that she said "

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

> I read a couple of articles after listening to said > podcast. Netbooks it seems are not falling in sales, > but the half dozen articles from different sources > did seem to list a high return rate...of the linux > based laptops. Another point is that it doesn't account for those who return

Re: [CGUYS] urgent query

> Anyone considering a net book purchase should be aware that a large > portion of net book purchasers end up unhappy. A large portion of *Linux* netbook users end up unhappy, according to what Mike read. What was your purpose in omitting that critical detail? ***

Re: [CGUYS] Wither the newsmag?

> > Even the Post has cut back significantly.  Problem is, as I > > see it, is that only the connected will be connected, if you get > > my drift. > > What am I gonna read in the loo? http://tinyurl.com/redefh * ** List

Re: [CGUYS] Second thoughts [was: urgent query]

> Livescribe :: Never Miss A Word > > http://www.livescribe.com/smartpen/desktop.html > > Pulse Smartpen > Electronic pen. Records what you write and what it hears. Dumps info > to Windows or Mac via USB. Cross and IBM partnered on something very similar to this a dozen years ago, but without th

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