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Old 05-31-2008, 06:10 PM
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Re: Microsoft Taking Official Petitions to Keep XP Alive

Billy Smith wrote:
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> "Dave" <nospam@biteme.com> wrote in message
> news:H7WdndbTffhKJdzVnZ2dnUVZ_tninZ2d@earthlink.co m...
>> Billy Smith wrote:
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>>>> B> I run this Vista computer for mostly multimedia purposes and web
>>> browsing. I haven't rarely had a coughing fit out of it. Nothing like
>>> what older models did. XP included.

>>
>> You can do that stuff way faster on a Linux box. And with a lot less
>> risk and hassle.

>
> Linux is generally crap. I know because I installed it on a couple of my
> machines. It caused more problems using that crap and utilizing software
> than anything I have ever seen. Pure garbage. Just about like that other
> computer operating system called the Mac. I wouldn't have a Mac for
> toilet paper.


http://content.techrepublic.com.com/...1-5597-12.html
Some people like the Mac for toilet paper.

> Every Mac I saw ran like crap and you couldn't do 1/3 of
> what you can do on a Windows based Machine. That comes from a lot of
> personal experience with Mac based stuff back in the 90s and early part
> of this decade.
>
> It might be great now but back in those days they should have called it
> Crap versus Mac.



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Old 05-31-2008, 06:10 PM
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