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Thanks for the update, 3vi1 - looks like it might be an idea, even if one isn't planning to install Linux, to stay away from Sammy's computers for a while, until they get this one straightened out....
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Cool ! And for those who have older versions of the Windows OS and want to install, say, Firefox without touching IE, eHow provides a brief tutorial .... Henri
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«As such, Microsoft now finds itself in hot water for inadvertently breaking a promise to offer Windows users living in Europe a choice of Web browser rather than force feeding them Internet Explorer.» Well, Paul, I suspect that you are being exceedingly generous - not to say naive - when...
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Agree with Rob and the previous speakers/posters. Typical Microsoft - lock in, lock out !... Henri
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[quote user="realneil"] I have it [Win8] installed on an i7-870 system with 16GB of RAM and an SSD. No speed problems at all. [/quote] Realneil , that comment about not having speed problems with Win8 on an i7-870 system with 16 GB RAM and an SSD was meant ironically, was it not ? I mean, you...
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[quote user=" crazy4chrissi "] "BIOS -> no USB boot = Be a great admin" Great? Not the most stupid maybe. Kid: Boot normal Windows (restricted access) -> run BIOS password tool -> go into bios -> change settings -> boot whatever he wants -> even change the installed...
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Well, 3vi1 , given that, in contrast to the hullabaloo we see every time Microsoft blows its nose, the press hardly covers releases of GNU/Linux distros at all, I doubt that MS's choice of a date has much to do with the 12.10 release some eight days earlier, on 18 October. But perhaps HH could do...
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Excellent post, A Dent - your description parallels my own (limited) experience in installing Linux (Ubuntu) on the computers of the retirees I often help. I usually have no problem convincing them to install and try Firefox and/or Chrome alongside the pre-installed IE, and the vast majority seem to...
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While I submit, PLowe, that you are wrong with respect to operating systems, Windows being inherently more vulnerable than GNU/Linux, I quite agree that the most important thing to do is to educate users. But when you assume, as you seem to do, that «low-income computer users» are inherently less capable...
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I'm no gamer and cannot address this issue directly, but I can say that generally speaking, identical applications that can run on both platforms run faster and more smoothly on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 on my dualboot machine with Ubuntu and (64-bit) Windows 7 Pro. So I'm not particularly surprised...