Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | reply to JohnInSJ
Re: Microsoft forums reject posts "unknown error" My computer is only 4.5 years old. NOT nine. Word 2002 was purchased in FEBRUARY 2006 as a part of Microsoft Works Suite 2006 so it is slightly over 4 years old. This is a $3000 gaming computer that still works great. I will only buy a new one if I can't get further extended warranty after next Feb 1.
I like XP and Word 2002. I have Vista Ultimate and I don't care for it much because of how Explorer is different, search is pathetic and you have to use Agent Ransack instead, and all the unnecessary security crap that gets in your way. I had the beta of Win 7 and it is worse than Vista what with the insane changes in Start, task bar, even worse search than what is in Vista and no way to use Themes. I have no interest in Aero and I expected Microsoft to continue Classic view but in Win 7 beta at least they have tried to ditched that and wish to force Aero or an extremely ugly accessibility theme. (Maybe that changed with the official release version. I don't know) I want to use MY themes that I use on XP. I can do so on Vista and that is the only reason I prefer Vista to Win 7. At least, I can make Vista look nice. You can't do that with Win 7 if you don't use Aero. I also do NOT want IE8 (not that I use IE much). IE 8 will not honor my font settings. It keeps making the font gigantic (which I needed until I had my first eye surgery in April and now I use small fonts but IE8 won't allow that beside all the other problems with IE after IE6 like the horrible use of space, the completely crapped up tool bars and address bar).
As for Word when Microsoft went to the ribbon that was the end of Word. They ruined it and Office also. Plus, there is no Works Suite anymore. Microsoft is replacing that EXCELLENT suite with some crap garbage on all OEM 64 bit computers sold after Jun 15 some shit Office 2010 starter package. I don't want Office. I want Works Suite. I have had several of them over the years and loved them. Microsoft goes DOWNHILL with each new OS and other software.
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 JohnInSJPremium
join:2003-09-22
San Jose, CA
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My computer is only 4.5 years old.
Or three generations back, in computer terms.
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Microsoft is replacing that EXCELLENT suite with some crap garbage on all OEM 64 bit computers sold after Jun 15 some shit Office 2010 starter package. I don't want Office. I want Works Suite. I have had several of them over the years and loved them. Microsoft goes DOWNHILL with each new OS and other software.
So, why do you use microsoft at all? There are plenty of alternatives. Many free. Most of which will run your hardware better than XP will.
It just seems like you jump through hoops to stay with a platform that is really showing its age, and is essentially EOL for support, from a company you don't like at all.
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | No, you don't get it. You want to play the spend money constantly game and have plenty of funds to buy a $3000 computer every one to two years, fine, do so. I do not wish to play that game, do not have the funds, do not want the latest MS OS, etc.
I like programs developed for Windows. That is why I remain with Windows. You are also wrong about XP. It is supported until 2014. My Service Pack 2 is not but that is OK. I don't want SP 3. I prefer SP 1 actually and frequently use a virtual machine that has it installed.
The only reason to buy a new computer would be to get a CPU with hardware virtualization. I don't even have DVD write capability (just read) but I have no reason to buy an optical drive with that ability as I have needed to make a DVD only ONCE since I got this computer and that was to make backup copies of my Vista Ultimate disks (I have both 32 bit and 64bit with separate keys). I have managed ok with my virtual machines without hardware virtualization but I would like to have it as probably that is the main cause of instability on the host. So, as I said, when this machine's extended warranty cannot be extended further then I will buy another desktop with a CPU with hardware virtualization and plenty of RAM for the virtual machines. The irony though is that I don't look forward to that time like I did when I got my first computer in '99 or my second in 2003.
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When governments fear people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. Thomas Jefferson |
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davePremium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
kudos:8 | Nah, we just don't understand the concept of paying $3000 for a home computer in the first place  |
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