[Gasification] OT Somewhat proud owner of the "New" Microdsoft Windows "Vista"

[kenn johnsen]

> Yes, may I recommend you a Mac.
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> lørdag 3. feb 2007 kl. 17:09 skrev Greg Manning:
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>> Greetings all.
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>>  In amongest all the other junk that keeps my "foot to the floor"  
>> working on projects, the wife and I decided to purchase 2 new  
>> computers, with the new Microsoft Windows "Vista"..
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>> Finally, I have a working e-mail account, but sadly I've lost about 7  
>> days incoming mail and a lot of precious time.
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>> It appears that Office 2000 does NOT work with windows Vista  
>> (something about "Wab.dll") but the file does not exist in XP so what  
>> that is all about, I have no idea.
>>
>> Anyhow, I've dropped "Outlook" and moved down to "Windows Mail"  
>> (formally outlook express), until I can afford the new version office  
>> at somewhere around 600.00 bucks CDN.
>>
>> WAS IT WORTH IT ?
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>>  As far as speed, yes, our computers where in the 1.0GHZ mark and  
>> sadly overburdened with all the "bloat-ware" of recent software  
>> additions.
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>> As far as ease of use, yes, the new system is almost intuitive as to  
>> what I'm going to do next.....
>>
>> As far as migration from the old computer... NOT,  what a "hell time"  
>> this was, this will be the last migration I will do, one whole week  
>> of this doesn't work with that, that will not access this... this  
>> hardware has no new drivers for vista as yet, the list goes on and  
>> on.... the change from "documents and settings" to "users" with dummy  
>> 'locked down" shortcuts that point older programs to the new  
>> locations...
>>
>> Would I do it again.... NO, I would get off the internet first, OR  
>> look to Apple.
>>
>> Greg
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