Re: [CGUYS] Vista a "disappointment"

2007-08-02 Thread Tom Piwowar
>According to Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) >(http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna.html), "bight" used as a >verb means "to fasten with a bight of rope." I'm gratified to learn >that the industry has chosen to not do so to its tongue from now on. It also means "A body of water partly enc

Re: [CGUYS] Vista a "disappointment"

2007-08-02 Thread Site Guy
Is that beyond " particularly *likes*"? You tell me. Would I loose sleep if I had to replace it with XP? No. Bart - Original Message - From: "Tony B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Vista a "disappointment"

Re: [CGUYS] Vista a "disappointment"

2007-08-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
According to Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) (http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna.html), "bight" used as a verb means "to fasten with a bight of rope." I'm gratified to learn that the industry has chosen to not do so to its tongue from now on. On 8/1/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: [CGUYS] Vista a "disappointment"

2007-08-01 Thread Tom Piwowar
>Windows lover Paul Thurrott and mac lover Leo Laporte both like vista very >much. With 60 million copies out there, I haven't heard much grumbling >about vista. The worst I ever hear is 'it's fine'. That's been the major >complaint...after five years we get xp sp 4. But real complaints, not ma

Re: [CGUYS] Vista a "disappointment"

2007-08-01 Thread mike
Windows lover Paul Thurrott and mac lover Leo Laporte both like vista very much. With 60 million copies out there, I haven't heard much grumbling about vista. The worst I ever hear is 'it's fine'. That's been the major complaint...after five years we get xp sp 4. But real complaints, not many.

Re: [CGUYS] Vista a "disappointment"

2007-08-01 Thread Tony B
I have yet to hear of anyone that particularly *likes* Vista, so I doubt you'll get much argument. On 8/1/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Acer president Gianfranco Lanci did tell Financial Times Deutschland > that "the whole [PC] industry is disappointed with Windows Vista". *

[CGUYS] Vista a "disappointment"

2007-08-01 Thread Tom Piwowar
"Acer president Gianfranco Lanci did tell Financial Times Deutschland that "the whole [PC] industry is disappointed with Windows Vista". Lanci claimed that Microsoft's new operating system had not boosted PC sales, due to concerns over its stability and overall maturity.' Lanci said the operatin