Re: XP is garbage



On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:33:24 GMT, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hello John,
>
>Welcome to progress in the world of computers. Similar frustrations
>here, I do not like XP at all.
>
>Last time I bought a new laptop I could convince them to ship it with an
>older and thus more stable version. For a fee, of course. This time I
>could not cajole them into it so I got an XP box. And I don't like it.
>
>Regards, Joerg
>
>http://www.analogconsultants.com

I managed to install Win2K over the crap that came on my Sony Vaio,
but it took me MONTHS of scrounging to get all the power control and
video features working correctly.

But this past summer I bought a tower "bare", formatted and installed
Win2K... worked "just ducky".

...Jim Thompson
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