In article <c87a4132-60ca-11d6-915f-0003931de...@pc.jaring.my>, Gary Green <lim...@pc.jaring.my> wrote: > >On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 10:17 AM, John A. Stanley wrote: > >> A year ago I switched to Win2000, and it has been rock solid stable. I >> imagine that XP will become equally stable after the general public beta >> tests it for another year or so. > >Guess you don't expect much from it.
What I expect is that my computer be able to run software written for the computer platform used by the vast majority of computer users so that I'm not left out in the cold when some really cool app comes out that is not available for other platforms (like what happened with Napster, dialpad.com, etc.) Win9x did it, albeit poorly at times; Win2000 does it excellently. And, during the whole time I've been using computers I keep seeing instances where there was better software available for Windows than Mac. For example, back in my BBSing days I heard nothing but complaints about the Mac QWKmail readers, yet Offline Express worked flawlessly. A few years ago when my Mac user brother needed my help to learn how to use IRC I was stunned how crummy Ircle was compared to Pirch or even mIRC. More recently, there were all the complaints about Media Player for Mac. The truth is, I have yet to discover anything I want to do for which I would benefit by switching to a Mac. >Try something Unix based. You'll be amazed. I have a Linux box on the LAN at my office in town providing dial-up to a Linux box in my basement that provides wireless Internet access in the house. It's great for what I use it for, but it certainly hasn't amazed me enough to put it on my desktop. -- John A. Stanley j...@natel.net -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
