Stupid Microsoft

[gregzz4]

Honestly, I got lucky. But it's still not fixed - i'm just gonna live with the bug

I spent all my time on Win95 forward to Vista learning and tweaking this crap

When it told me it failed to install I was ready to take it back and tell them to fix it !!!

I've had so many things break lately I feel like I'm living in Bob Dylan's song Everything is Broken

I got an e-mail tonight that my replacement iPhone is ready for pickup
I've spent thousands on my truck
My furnace motor is on it's way out
This new PC, thanks mostly in part to MSoft and their partners, has sucked another grand out of my vacation money

Bah, I could go on but that's enough to kill the thread

[Aquattro]

Maybe you just need to buy a nice $500 laptop and don't install junk gadget apps? I don't know what MS mouse and keyboard is, but it sounds like it's related to Microsoft Bob and should not get installed on a computer -lol

[gregzz4]

I can't type on a Laptop, and really like my large monitor

I know I could have probably bought a laptop and run it on a monitor, but I still like my mouse/keyboard setup and thought why bother with one when all I'd do is add stuff to it to make it like a desktop

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

junk gadget apps?

Examples ?

I don't usually install much

I've had my iPhone 5 for 18 months and the only thing on it besides factory is Google Maps

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I don't know what MS mouse and keyboard is

It's the program that allows you to set all your custom buttons/keys etc on your MS hardware

It used to be separated with Intelli-Point and Intelli-Touch

[Doug]

Apple.......Apple.....Apple.........

[mike31154]

Any Linux users? What's going on in that camp?

I'm actually still using an ancient notebook running XP, tempting fate. Every time I turn it on I get the "End of support" pop up nagging me. Nevertheless, the world hasn't ended & I'm able to do most of what I need to do. Although I have several bits of hardware that use touch screen technology, I'm not enthused about upgrading to a 'tablet' type of computer with no keyboard. I spent some serious time in high school way back when to learn typing. My buddy & I were the only two males in a classroom full of young ladies!

Use Chrome as browser now, but also still have IE installed since it downloads my finance data from the bank directly into Quicken. When I do the same with Chrome, the qfx file gets downloaded to my hard drive & I have to go through the process of importing it into Quicken. That's a royal pain compared to the IE download. When I log in to my TNG bank account with IE, it reminds me that I'm using an outdated browser & I should update for a 'better' experience with 'all' the features, whatever that means. It still allows me to download data, transfer money & do everything I need to do. So in my experience, new is not necessarily always better.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by mike31154

Any Linux users? What's going on in that camp?

My company decided that we were all moving to Redhat 6, with some customizations, and my entire team went back to Windows within 3 months. Just horrid to use in a work environment, and we're all techs. I think for home users, it would be a nightmare.

And anyone that doesn't like Microsoft should work with Lotus Notes for a month. Whole new perspective on stoopid software.