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        <title><![CDATA[oh my word why?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Windows 7/8 totally sucks for anything useful. I've had the unfortunate 'pleasure' to eval windows 8, and if that is truly the direction Microsoft wishes to go then I shall dump it for Linux. I can't understand what moron thought it would be great to design an os that is only truly usable on a touchscreen device, whilst ignoring those of use with normal computers.Ubuntu went this route and it is losing users, Gnome 3 developers went this route and they are losing users just as fast. If Windows insists on joining them then it's goodby Windows, and hello to Linux at least with decent distros that don't all drink the touchscreen cool aid.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dmspar]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:16:41 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[windows 8, then?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Apparently the windows 8 developer preview works on older machines . . .]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[airjos@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:39:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[VB6]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[@ stansil  I have a lot of VB6-Apps to support and I'm already developping new ones (RAD). Can you giv us a short description of your experiences with VB6 and Windows 7? Are there problems with the IDE or the Runtime Environment? What about 32/64 Bit OS? Thanks for some good hints!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mousebooster]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:00:09 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Windows XP for another 10 years]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I am an IT COO for the Department of Defense in Iraq. If in SW Asia, Europe or the US, the primary OS for all 4 military services and the DoD (10+ million Computers) is Windows XPsp3. All applications currently used must be fully supported, Vista has the ability after SP3 is applied to work &quot;most&quot; of these programs. The same can be said with Windows 7 XP Mode. The problem is the military will not give up a working weapon system based on XP or XP embedded unless it is replaced on a fully functioning and tested system. XP was fully implimented 5 years after inseption (2006), Vista systems are purchased for Office replacements. The 3 major computer manufacturers IBM/Lenovo, HP/Compact and Dell, all offer either XP machines or Vista machines with XP downgrade capability!!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert.Burke]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:18:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Quite simple really]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[You should upgrade to 7 so that you have a valid upgrade path to Windows 8. Col]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:39:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I was forced to upgrade to XP for better wireless support.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Otherwise I would still be using Win 2000 too!Now tell me why I should upgrade to WIn 7?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobdavis321]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:51:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ubuntu drivers]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Linux Mint is basicly Ubuntu with some cosmetic changes and many more drivers. If you have a problem with a missing driver(s) in Ubuntu, try Mint.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobp@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:41:06 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Windows XP - I LOVE IT!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well, I think:* Windows XP became really nice with SP2* I agree is was MS's last great OS to date* I never in the 10 years I used it experienced weird errors like blue screens, hanging etc unless I did some serious modding or fidling with XP, in fact its been super stable to date* XP has great hardware and software support and compatibility* XP is very forgiving when modifying its user interface and its possible to make it look lot like Vista while still retaining the XP reliability but with the advantage of having a great legendary OS with a modern user interface* If you like XP then keep using it, don't let MS force you to upgrade, its the choice / preference of the end user* The company where I work uses a wireless network and XP Pro SP3 on all laptops and PC's as well as on our server (server provides internet, printing and book keeping services) and it works beautifully* And that new laptop you want / bought recently? Yes it most probably can run on XP - I bought an Acer Aspire 5732Z with Windows 7 basic on it. I was told by the technical personnel this laptop cannot run on XP( you get a blue screen if you try to install XP and Acer has no XP drivers for this laptop). Well thats true because XP does not have the newer &quot;AHCI&quot; drivers to work on the newer mother boards with those controllers, but you can integrate those into XP and it will work. As for the drivers? I downloaded the drivers for the different components in the laptop from the manufacturers websites and I am happily running XP Pro SP3 on my Acer Aspire 5732Z!I personally use XP Pro SP3 and Bitdefender Total Security 2011 and it works great.For those technically savvy with PC's my XP improved visual style (32 bit XP only) is available free from www.mediafire.com/jenniferarden for an improved Windows XP user experience for those who would like a modern looking Windows XP. Screenshots available at download site.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:39:40 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Moveover Microsoft...Linux is better]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Linux in the best OS .. its really a relief when you don't get those viruses messing up your registry.And you get to recover files in case your computer crashes down.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[JadeWhalen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 04:21:37 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It is all about money]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you have a machine which was built prior to the release of Windows Vista, you probably spent more for memory (like RAMBUS technology, for instance) than the more recent machines with ten times the memory cost. If you have a working older machine, typically running XP currently, that machine may not be capable of running Windows 7. When you want to buy a new machine, you probably will spend less and get more value than you could have imagined five years ago. On that machinery, if you want to upgrade from XP, perhaps because Microsoft will stop supporting XP, then investigating one of the linux distros makes sense. (I first had a Shuttle machine which I ran Ubuntu on. When that died, I have installed it as a dual-boot on my XP machine.)When Windows 8 comes out, the question will be, shall the user world upgrade their Windows Vista machines and Windows 7 machines to Windows 8? In the past, the upgrade typically was both hardware and software. If the hardware is &quot;good enough&quot;, will people upgrade their software, or live with what they currently have? That is what Microsoft is wondering currently. When a new machine is sold, it has to have some operating system, and typically, that operating system has been a Microsoft one for the client environment, in both business and home usage.Therefore the question of dumping XP means, perhaps running a different operating system on hardware which still works, or maybe dumping both the software and the hardware, and getting something brand new. I like to get the best value out of the machinery which I already have. I found that updating my XP to 2 GB from 256kb was the true boost that the machine really needed. I would bet that an XP machine with 2GB and a couple of 320 GB hard drives would actually fit the needs of most users, but that does not drive the profits of the companies, hardware and software, who want us to continually upgrade, upgrade, upgrade. Do you really need Aero? Do you like being able to see the background through the window? This sort of stuff is the cute thing which is not relevant to doing anything on the computer, but may be a gee-whiz thing which sells the new machinery.Marketing may not necessarily make sense, but it does sell product.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[charlie204]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:55:31 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nothing wrong with upgrading]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Just as there is nothing wrong with not upgrading. I, for one, do not appreciate having something I own to be declared obsolete. I can only imagine the emotions I would be subjected to if someone were to tell me that I could no longer make use of my 1967 Pontiac GTO. That old band-saw that Grandpa willed to you, you know, the one that sits in your work shop; c'mon, get rid of it. Modern band-saws are much, much safer; what with built in safe guards and all. Anyone get my point?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:38:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Windows 7 vs XP Enhancements]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have been in IT since DOS, and am single point support/Tech Leadership for a K-12 school district with 750 systems, 10 servers, 1200 users...and it is all about money.  In order to justify the cost, windows must justify the expense.I have a lab of Windows 7 machines and my work PC (tri-boot: XP, 7 Ubuntu) machine, and the rest are all XP.  We started the migration as a testbed to see if there was really justification.  I have to say at this point that there is not.  In order to get the same speed I basically had to double the RAM in the machines, making the cost of the upgrade per machine ~100.  Not alot for a single machine, but pretty steep for 750!  The point of the OS is to give us access to our programs.  Somehow we seem to forget that sometimes.  Yes, it can get prettier and prettier.  It can also get so bloated that our programs run slower and slower and we have to upgrade perfectly functional hardware just to get what we had before we upgraded.  I am want to see what 7 gives me that I am missing in XP.  Oh, I get pretty widgets, and I get to spend extra time looking for items in new places in the control panel.  Yea!I can install an entire OS and productivity apps with Ubuntu from a CD but I need a DVD to get just an OS with 7!  And now I can add memory to return it to the XP speed, and then I can copy all my docs off of my external hard drive (since 7 didn't let me upgrade) and I am supposed to jumo to the migration?Our school district just took a huge hit economically from our new govenor.  I am doing everything I can to make my department do its share to lower costs.  Upgrade?  Not yet.  Someday?  Sure, but it might not be a Windows varient.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bapool]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 12:25:20 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[...Microsoft is going to pull the plug on Win XP...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[And I am currently researching and using Linux distros with the aim of forgoing Windows altogether!  Linux is a true upgrade.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[James-SantaBarbara]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:10:17 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Morse Code]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What's wrong with morse code??]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mjohansen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:58:37 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[If OS is really the question...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Job of an OS is to run programs. Windows has never been solely about running programs. That stopped when MSDOS became Windows. Since then MS has been all about how it looks, feels, and an automatic assortment of programs, also provided by MS that &quot;define&quot; the &quot;Operating System&quot; but which in fact have nothing to do with an Operating System. There are unsolved issues with the core of all Windows OS's. The one I am primarily concerned with is the &quot;Fix it on the fly, without the users knowledge&quot; feature. This is the very &quot;Feature&quot; that viruses, trojans and worms exploit. Everything else is &quot;Window Dressing.&quot; To me there is no meaningful difference between Win95 and every Windows since. Therefore, many businesses might be better off considering Dumb Terminals, rather than spending any more valuable assets on buggy systems. To my thinking, Microsoft had their chance and blew it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[oldmicro]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:12:08 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Windows 7 may be safer (UAC and the like) but it is definitely NOT better.  I upgraded to 7 from XP and now I'm back to XP which is a much superior OS.You should spend a little more time in the Windows 7 forums at Microsoft and elsewhere...the problems with Windows Explorer are becoming infamous.  And isn't Windows Explorer &gt; Windows 7?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[James-SantaBarbara]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:04:45 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I disagree with your third point]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Just think about how much software is still in use, that still operates on 80 character lines, still runs on DOS or Unix, is still a blinking cursor on a black screen.  Nearly every big box store still uses these, a very large number of part listing programs still use these.  The majority of banking systems are still terminal based and still run on ancient unix systems.  Safeway is still running on Cobol and intends to for the foreseeable future.Old software is here to stay, if the OS can't run it, the OS doesn't get used, its as simple as that.The software dictates the OS, not the other way around.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Slayer_]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:41:50 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Querks]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It is quirks. Quite what querks are I am not sure , I have heard of quarks. Perhaps one of our  resident physicists could help us?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BavonWW]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:18:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[XP OLD TECHNOLOGY]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The language I speak, write and read is centuries old adn still grow and develop. When something is not quite right, I believe it is best to constantly improve but not to reinvent the wheel. To totally change has been disastrous over and over and I have developed anciety for any new MS product. I spent many hours learning XP inside out, now MS wants me to do this all again so they suck more money out of me. It is just like a new model automobile - the yuppies just have to have it first to be in fashion. It does not promote productivity and costs a lot of money every time to start from scratch. Better planning is required by MS. XP could have been developed to something quite amazing with less money. It is simply a money making racket and we all have to pay towards MS mistakes. Shame on you MS.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jaykayct@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:59:37 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Win xp hard to dump...why? Win7 is winxp on WinVista Interface]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I agree with WinXP dumping...but Win7 is not the improvement we were expecting...Feels like Microsoft fix WinVista taking a winxp and putting on &quot;the Vista experience&quot;...hope they do something good...(and not to soon) 'cause nobody would take it...so...Xp has a lot of trouble with security, win7 is better in that way, but not that really good as winxp...what can we do?....Linux? mmmm.....that's happens when you just want to rule the world....]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ecolima1@...]]></dc:creator>
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