Mark, got myself a new DELL< Over priced piece of crap,
that runs on XP HOME, I think it runs on it, well at the very least it
comes up when I turn the machine on. Who knows just
what it going to do after that.
Jorge, Iwould really like to get into Linux, but talking over the
phone is good for me now too good for you, as my speech right now is
very slurred and even Marion has trouble listening to me
now. So just try and imiange what it would be like for a
person that has not heard me before.
From the looks of it my typing also is suffering a wee bit
also.
Richard Kennedy
-------Original
Message-------
Date: 04/12/04
21:03:39
Subject: RE:
ShopTalk: Conversion factors
Oh by the way
As I recall RK you used ME
That is the biggest load MS ever made.
Save your files, then reformat your HD and start anew.
Been working w/ my brother in law on this as he had it. ME was the
buggiest
thing ever. Any update from it would most likely still present
issues.
Mark A Patton
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 8:44 PM
Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Conversion factors
Sorry to come into this thread late (and I haven't seen what other
posts
there may have been)
RK, Your on XP (hopefully Pro) and having issues?
Dave T, you're on 98?
Linux?
For what it's worth:
I'm no computer pro. I'm a lazy man that figured I could make a
computer
work for me.
Started with OS/400 and at home once the PC launched used MS. 3.X
was OK. 95
was a disaster, with 98 being only a minalization of that (har to
rebuild 98
every 2 months). W2K was better, but much like driving a Semi
through a
tropical paradise (getting the job done but inflicting casualties
long the
way, and not a good experience).
Back when I was on 98, I tried many distros of Linux. Great for
someone who
knows puters and OSs, elsewise no go.
Later w/ W2K I tried again and found the same thing for the most
part except
Linux was more intuitive (ie like MAC & windows). Linux could
catch ground,
and would work well for me, but the apps I use aren't available
(the same
reason I gave up on MAC years ago. Doesn't matter how well it works
if it
doesn;t do what I need it to.)
Made the change to XP Pro, and as much as I hate to say it, it has
been
Wonderful!
No system issues, no my not understanding what I need to do minor
points,
etc, NO NOTHING. The damn thing just WORKS (within reason of any OS
under
constant attack)! It has just plain WORKED since day one with
more
robustness than W2K or Linux ever though about, and with more
intuitiveness
than 3.X, 95 or 98. For the record, I really don;t like it's
interface, so
it was simply reconfigured to look like W2K (which felt like a semi
without
a clutch).
I guess its just me as adoption rate is low, but as much as I would
like to
deride it, I really like XP Pro.
Word to the wise: any MS product that hints to Home, Education, etc
is crap.
Pro is the way to go (I guess that is MS terminology for "it
works",
Mark A Patton
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 3:41 AM
Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Conversion factors
Hi Dave,
If you liked Win NT 3.5, then you will like Win 2K Pro. It's
essentially NT
5. I use it as the default OS for the PC machines at home with one
box
still running Win 98 R2 for those apps that need it as Win 2K does
obsolete
a number of apps and hdwe that run on 98.
At work they just changed out everything for new HP's running XP. I
hate it
and it does not interface to the Novel network nearly as well as
the Win 2k
boxes they removed.
Best,
CB
Sorry for continuing the "non-golf" thread.
At 10:09 AM 4/11/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>My issues are not UNIX skills. I have been a UNIX user since
1976. I'm a
>fairly proficient user of things like "ksh" and "sed". "Vi"
used to be my
>editor of choice, but the current mouse-based editors have won
me over
>(about 10 years ago). I waited until Windows got to NT3.5
before I made it
>my OS of choice. (I am currently running Win98.)
>
>Like RK, I dislike depending on Microsoft. And that's on the
basis of
>up-close-and-personal; I made a lot of business and technical
trips to
>Redmond (and Bellevue, back in 1983 when they were only 350
people), so I
>know them and how they work. And I'd rather opt out -- if I
could.
>
>My problem is that I use a lot of programs and utilities that
only run on
>Windows. I haven't tried WINE. If it works well (meaning not
much lost
>speed running some of the apps), then it might fill the bill
for me. But I
>don't have the time to experiment with it to find out. Guess I
care -- but
>not enough to make migration a priority.
>
>Cheers!
>DaveT
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