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Back to the Future!
Name: Ewen Date: September 18, 2007 at 17:45:21 Pacific OS: XP/Vista Dual CPU/Ram: P4 / 1gig Product: Home Build
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Looks like XP is the way to go. Came across this in my Internet travels:
Next time remember not to believe everything you read on your "internet travels."
i_Xp/VistaUser
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Response Number 3
Name: Ewen Date: September 18, 2007 at 18:48:56 Pacific
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Ahh well... it sounded too good to be true but with M$ you can never take anything for granted (can you)?
It was a pleasant thought for some though.
Once I thought I was wrong, now I'm not so sure!
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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser Date: September 18, 2007 at 19:11:57 Pacific
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It doesn't matter what we take for granted. The pronouncement of something like this has to be issued by M$ themselves. In fact, the bbspot article failed to give any verificable link to M$ sources.
i_Xp/VistaUser
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Response Number 5
Name: ebk Date: September 18, 2007 at 22:04:09 Pacific
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Microsoft announced that in response to user complaints that Vista is "just to dammed complicated" and the current nostalgia trend the next "patch Tuesday" forced update routine will reset the users PC to Windows Version 1 bundled with Netscape Navigator 1. There will be only one screensaver that will have a 1978 picture of Bill Gates with “really long” hair. All of the analysts from CNET and Gartner agreed that “this was genius” noting that this move will make the hippie,new wave and grunge generations “wax nostalgic"
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Response Number 6
Name: chrismr Date: September 19, 2007 at 11:09:29 Pacific
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Bill Gates did not have really long hair in 1978, look....
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Name: Ewen
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