Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-07-02 Thread andrew strasfogel
Where/How do I get OpenOffice and why is it free? On 7/1/07, Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems than at Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:45:45 -0400, andrew wrote: One compelling reason is that I don't even have a full, legitimate version of Word or Excel at present. Also, it was a free upgrade

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-07-02 Thread John Robbins
andrew strasfogel wrote: Where/How do I get OpenOffice and why is it free? http://www.openoffice.org/ Its open source software John ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-07-02 Thread Gary Hurst
what you guys think of the google word processor/spreadsheet? i mean, google already knows all there is to know about me from my emails, so i don't see any privacy risk here On 7/2/07, John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: andrew strasfogel wrote: Where/How do I get OpenOffice and why is it

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-07-02 Thread Lee Einer
1. http://www.openoffice.org/ 2). The best things in life are free. Lee andrew strasfogel wrote: Where/How do I get OpenOffice and why is it free? On 7/1/07, Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems than at Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:45:45 -0400, andrew wrote: One compelling reason is that I

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-07-02 Thread andrew strasfogel
Just learned that my geek-son already installed it without telling me! On 7/2/07, Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. http://www.openoffice.org/ 2). The best things in life are free. Lee andrew strasfogel wrote: Where/How do I get OpenOffice and why is it free? On 7/1/07, Fmiser

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-07-02 Thread Fmiser
It seems than at Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:55:13 -0400, andrew wrote: Where/How do I get OpenOffice http://openoffice.org and why is it free? Open source software is free as in freedom, and often is free as in beer - that is, no cost. OpenOffice is also available for MacOSX, Linux, BSD, and other

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-07-02 Thread Fmiser
It seems than at Mon, 2 Jul 2007 17:22:07 -0400, andrew wrote: Just learned that my geek-son already installed it without telling me! Smart boy. For installing it - not so smart for not telling you. *smile* -- Philip ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-07-01 Thread Ed Booher
On 6/30/07, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: all of seattle laughs at you as you drink your $4 coffee waiting for vista to do something. at this point, anyone who gets involved with any microsoft product is a dope. How true this is ... found this article today. Are you using Windows

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-07-01 Thread Fmiser
It seems than at Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:45:45 -0400, andrew wrote: One compelling reason is that I don't even have a full, legitimate version of Word or Excel at present. Also, it was a free upgrade from Best Buy when I purchased the machine last fall. Give OpenOffice a try. It's nearly 100%

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-07-01 Thread Allan Streib
Robert Tara Ludwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Windows does have one great OS, but it costs a fortune. I was lucky enough to get on the beta program for windows server 2003 for my recording studio and had about 2 years of free usage of that thing and it was just plain sweet. I'd agree it's

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-30 Thread Curt Raymond
From: R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Andrew Have you come up with any good reason to switch to Vista

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-30 Thread Ed Booher
On 6/29/07, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While we're OT, has anyone installed the new Windoze Vista yet on their PC? I have a relatively new Compaq laptop and am wondering what sort of glitches/flaws/fatal error messages to expect and how to deal with them I know it won't be

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-30 Thread Gary Hurst
all of seattle laughs at you as you drink your $4 coffee waiting for vista to do something. at this point, anyone who gets involved with any microsoft product is a dope. On 6/30/07, Ed Booher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/29/07, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While we're OT, has

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-30 Thread Redghost
Took minutes for folk at the Apple store to snag their two iPhones and post them on CL for $800-1k. The Bellevue (close to the campus) Apple store was full of M$ trolls trying to get their hands on some. I suspect they were sent to stock up so RD could rip them apart and figure out how

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-30 Thread Robert Tara Ludwick
on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Andrew Have you come up with any good reason to switch to Vista? I'm still running 98 on my office computer

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-30 Thread Hendrik Riessen
: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation all of seattle laughs at you as you drink your $4 coffee waiting for vista to do something. at this point, anyone who gets involved with any microsoft product is a dope. ___ http

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-30 Thread Gary Hurst
: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 1:26 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation all of seattle laughs at you as you drink your $4 coffee waiting for vista to do something

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
You need to get me some of these deals. LWB250 wrote: I have a copy of Vista ultimate that I bought though my employee purchase plan at the university. It cost me $22.00. I have yet to put it on anything. I'm perfectly happy with XP that runs on the one PC in my house (the rest of my

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-30 Thread OK Don
Go back to school --- On 6/30/07, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You need to get me some of these deals. LWB250 wrote: I have a copy of Vista ultimate that I bought though my employee purchase plan at the university. It cost me $22.00. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK If

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread andrew strasfogel
While we're OT, has anyone installed the new Windoze Vista yet on their PC? I have a relatively new Compaq laptop and am wondering what sort of glitches/flaws/fatal error messages to expect and how to deal with them I know it won't be smooth sailing. On 6/29/07, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread Allan Streib
andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: While we're OT, has anyone installed the new Windoze Vista yet on their PC? I have a relatively new Compaq laptop and am wondering what sort of glitches/flaws/fatal error messages to expect and how to deal with them I know it won't be smooth

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin, work
29, 2007 2:49 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation While we're OT, has anyone installed the new Windoze Vista yet on their PC? I have a relatively new Compaq laptop and am wondering what sort of glitches/flaws/fatal error messages to expect and how to deal

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread R A Bennell
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 2:50 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation While we're OT, has anyone installed the new Windoze Vista yet on their PC? I have a relatively

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread Gary Hurst
my god. mentioning vista in the same sentence as the silverbacks. what is this world coming to? On 6/29/07, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While we're OT, has anyone installed the new Windoze Vista yet on their PC? I have a relatively new Compaq laptop and am wondering what sort of

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread Peter T . Arnold
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:49:31 -0400, you wrote: While we're OT, has anyone installed the new Windoze Vista yet on their PC? I have a relatively new Compaq laptop and am wondering what sort of glitches/flaws/fatal error messages to expect and how to deal with them I know it won't be smooth

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:07:06 -0400 Peter T. Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My IT guy says that WinXP is the most for the money, he asked me not to put Vista on my machine. At work, I updated my windoze system from Office 2003 to Office 2007. I then received an email on my Linux system with

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread Loren Faeth
Vista seems to be ok if you have enough hardware. I agree there is no compelling reason to use it. I prefer 2000 pro, although unless you have a version slipstreamed with all the services and patches, it takes forever to get it installed and updated. Vista can still be converted back to the

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread andrew strasfogel
One compelling reason is that I don't even have a full, legitimate version of Word or Excel at present. Also, it was a free upgrade from Best Buy when I purchased the machine last fall. On 6/29/07, Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vista seems to be ok if you have enough hardware. I

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread Allan Streib
Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Vista can still be converted back to the 2000 pro look and feel, and this substantially reduces the hardware requirements. XP can do this too, and that's the way I run it... makes a noticiable difference, and with the additional lipstick and eyeshadow they

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread Loren Faeth
Can you say Free? as in Open Office Why pay? At 03:45 PM 6/29/2007, you wrote: One compelling reason is that I don't even have a full, legitimate version of Word or Excel at present. Also, it was a free upgrade from Best Buy when I purchased the machine last fall. On 6/29/07, Loren Faeth

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread Loren Faeth
Yep, as do I and most people who are savvy enough to click on a few places. At 03:55 PM 6/29/2007, you wrote: Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Vista can still be converted back to the 2000 pro look and feel, and this substantially reduces the hardware requirements. XP can do this too,

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread OK Don
I've installed Vista Business on a desktop and an HP tc4400 tablet with no issues and very little effort. I always do a format and clean installation, never upgrade. It's new, so is fun to play with. There are some neat features, but nothing that I'd pay for. The biggest advance in Vista in my

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread LarryT
soccer NOW Windows Vista installation On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:07:06 -0400 Peter T. Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My IT guy says that WinXP is the most for the money, he asked me not to put Vista on my machine. At work, I updated my windoze system from Office 2003 to Office 2007. I

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread Mitch Haley
LarryT wrote: Personally, I have trouble thinking of *anything* they could do that would make me want to spend almost $200 for a new suite. Convince all the other morons to buy a new suite with incompatible save format, and then send files to you that you can't open w/o the new suite?

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread LarryT
/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Allan Streib [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation

2007-06-29 Thread Redghost
, 2007 2:50 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] tonight on fox soccer NOW Windows Vista installation While we're OT, has anyone installed the new Windoze Vista yet on their PC? I have a relatively new Compaq laptop and am wondering what sort of glitches/flaws/fatal error