On Saturday 12 June 2004 14:25, Mike McMullin wrote:
And XP is? You mean the same XP that will be infected within 15 minutes of putting it on the net right out of the box?
Which is why you pre-order MS' security CD. I've got the Feb,2004 in my hand right now. When SP2 for XP is out I'll order that as well. When my brother upgrades to XP on his system, well, I might get over there in a few weeks. Fact is the typical home Windows user does not really do their security updates, nor invest in the time to get the update CD's.
Well you did a good job of deflateing your own argument there Mike, but I suspect you knew that. ;-) Again, the need for a SP2, and the need for a virus checker, and the need for MS Office, and the need for Quicken, etc. etc. before the XP machine is usefull speaks against the so called "Out of the Box satisfaction" so highly touted for XP. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen