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[arachne] Re: DOS only or?
- From: "Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 09:42:03 +0930
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On Tue, 6 May 2008 07:56:43 -0400 (EDT), ewalt@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> My friend had to buy a new printer to go with his new
> Vista computer. His almost new H/P, perfectly fine printer
> was not supported by Vista. No drivers that he could find.
Would the W2K (or whatever) drivers not work?
> But, of course. Microsoft "Upgrades" always run slower on
> existing hw.
Naturally. That is to prompt you to buy a newer, faster computer.
Collusion between hardware and software suppliers? How dare I even
suggest that!
> Microsoft makes its money mostly from the manufacturers when a
> consumer buys a new computer. It's the "Microsoft tax" and you
> have to work hard to buy a computer without paying it.
Since so much of the stuff in the m'board and addons is PnP only, you
need Windows to use it!
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
"Desiderata", Max Ehrmann, copyright 1952.
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/ \ From Greg Mayman, in beautiful Adelaide, South Australia
\_,-*_/ "Queen City of The South" 35d 01'44"S 138d 32'13"E
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