Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1956 mails)

[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike wrote:
> On Thursday 09 August 2007 16:54, Tero Pesonen wrote:
>
>   
> > > FWIW, a friend has an IBM ThinkPad, that came loaded with Windows
> > > 98. A couple of years ago, she upgraded to XP and found she could
> > > no longer play video DVDs.  After some checking, we found that she
> > > has to buy the necessary software, from a web site that's very
> > > irritating and difficult to navigate through.  She decided against
> > > providing her credit card info and went without DVD video playback.
> > >  Another issue is when you install such things, you often get a
> > > load of crapware along with it.  So, it is not always so easy for
> > > Windows users either.
> > >       
> > interesting. This was new to me.
> >     
>
> It is? Here's a challenge. Take a new computer with NO OS on it. Install 
> XP and tell me what you can do with it except surf the net with IE, use 
> Outlook express, and play solitaire.  
>
>   

Sometimes you can't even do that much.  As I mentioned in another note, 
someone tried installing XP on a notebook and found he had no driver for 
the NIC.  He had to use another computer to download one.  Also, a few 
years ago, I installed XP for someone and it wouldn't recognize their 
U.S. Robotics modem.



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