I must be really techno-impaired. I have had Windows 95, Windows 98, & Windows NT over the years, then XP for a couple of years, and now Vista for the last couple of years. I just buy new computers when they act up or get slow. I don't notice ANY difference at all between any of them. Just different colors and lay-out on the screen. All the same stuff is on my home page when I push the "ON" button......news, sports, weather, ads, search engine, (which I change from Bing to Google), etc. Same stuff, different colors. We have XP at work and our IT department swears by it, but, they aren't the greatest IT department I have ever had to deal with, so, I take their opinions with a grain of salt. I just ordered a new netbook and it comes with Windows 7. I never thought about it. I just naively assume that it WILL work. It better, or WalMart will have to deal with the Wrath of Paula, 289 days and counting ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Linda H. <stjamesgsd@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: for the computer geeks, question Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:23:02 -0500 I recently had to take my laptop in to get rid of a virus. It has Vista and the guy there was telling me he liked XP better than Vista or Windows 7. I would like to get my older computer that has XP fixed. I really find that Vista likes to hide things that were out in the open on XP. I think I'll pass on Windows 7! Linda Hendrix St James Shepherds Lin Chi Tibetan Spaniels > From: d_fritsche@xxxxxxxxxx > To: Bokenkampgsd1@xxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: for the computer geeks, question > Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:03:15 -0800 > > My sister, bless her heart, bought me a new computer with Windows 7. The > advantage as far as I can see, is that it has nice 64 bit games that XP > won't play, but all my old games will now no longer work. It uses more > direct paths to open the computer and programs so it is faster, but by and > large, there is no advantage that I can see. I am considering formatting the > hard drive and starting over with XP again. It is sort of like dogs - Once > you have a line near perfection, stay with it and stop changing it. > Otherwise you never know what you'll get! > Dave > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > I have had an online tool box trying to tell me to update from windows XP > > to windows 7 and how to do this.......do I want too?? > > > > Molly > > > ===========================================================================> > POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original > author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any > kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the > Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > > ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY > MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS > PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY > FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE > PROSECUTED. > > For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org > NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ > =========================================================================== > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/ ------------------------------ End of showgsd-l Digest V3 #2955 ******************************** ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================