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Pat,

        Good observations and I couldn't agree more.

Part of the frustration with Vista is that its bloated and runs considerably  slower than XP on the same hardware. 
That and the fact that a number of programs won't run at all or crash randomly under Vista was enough  to make me a Linux convert.


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73 Warren K2ORS
WD2XGJ     136-140kHz
WD2XSH/23 505-510kHz
WE2XEB/2   160-189kHz
WE2XGR/1 505-515kHz

FN42hi
http://www.w4dex.com/wd2xgj.htm

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From: G4gvw@aol.com
> Hi Warren and group,
>  
> I hear many tales about people having "bad" experiences with Vista.
>  
> Another of my motivators which I did not stress is the growing awareness  
> that not only the OS but also many apps running in the MS environment are often  
> described as "bloatware" and quite correctly.
>  
> It seems as if many of the designers of both the OS and applications  are 
> aided and abetted by hardware manufacturers who drive us continually in the  
> direction of faster and faster processors and acres and hectares of memory to  
> achieve often very little. Not everyone needs high-end graphics and game-playing  
> capability! You have to ask yourself whose hand is in whose pocket in those  
> strategies!
>  
> And what about environmental concerns? The output of how many power  stations 
> is now needed to drive all those electricity-hungry machines playing  games 
> of "Dume" (not to mention Glume and Despond :). )
>  
> Hats off to those developing the concept of small OPC (One Per Child)  
> laptops (not a coincidence that a flavour of Linux is favoured) particularly for  
> the developing world.
>  
>  
>  
> 73 de Pat  G4GVW es gd dx
> Qth near Felixstowe, UK
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