OT for Ray
I would upgrade the OS to XP, but then I thought that Vista would be OK…
I have had XP at work for a long time and it works well, and is not a great leap from 98 from a user standpoint. Everything that is different is better.
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Raymond Wetzel wrote:
> Hello guys, Just want you guys to know I appreciate all of your > concerns and suggestions regarding my plight, including support from > my fellow club members, senior centers and software recommendations > from all posts up until 8:24 last night. I’ll take them all under > consideration, and while I’d just prefer to get this machine running > as intended I’m sure I need to buy a new machine as this one is plain > getting old — with memory capacity limited to what can be expected > of it; still I fail to see why it can’t operate at least decently the > way it was designed to when first marketed - but I think the time has > come to up-grade. Even without being a ‘puter wiz, I’m sure its > problems are internal and not due to anything internet related. > > These problems may be fixable, as I’ve had the machine in for similar- > problem repairs from time to time but I can’t see dumping more money > into it when its capacity is limited anyway. With the market’s > recent encouraging rise over the last few sessions, hopefully that > time may not be too far off. Just as the current financial situation > has affected so many others, my portfolio has similarly been down > about 32% since September and I just don’t feel comfortable getting a > big (or medium) ticket item at this time, not that I couldn’t. Its > probably more psychological that this recession is bothering me > rather than an actuality, since my situation hasn’t really changed; > I’ll no doubt splurge for this need of something newer sooner than > later — just old ingrained ways of thinking from early experiences > during the War that sometimes brings out the frugality in me (LOL). > I’m seeing where Dell is offering some nice deals on PC’s and I’ve > also been looking at Gateway as a good product. > > As I still have the Windows 98 software, and am so used to its > operation, I’m just wondering if I should install that OS in a new > computer with all the controversy I see about other OS’s, or would I > just be limiting a new PC’s abilities? I don’t want to get an OS > that would give me more problems than its worth in getting used to > it. Anyway, for the time being, I’ll be struggling with this beast > until I make myself reach deeper into the pockets (hopefully soon). > Many thanks for all the help, Ray > > —In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com , “Harl > Myers” wrote: > > > > Nice to know about the invite thing… And I have 96 of them > left… Now > > if I could trade them in for a 96 gal. tank… > > > > Hope all of you guys can help Ray out! > > > > Harl > > > > > > On 1/2/09, Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote: > > > > > > Harl, > > > > > > Just to let you know, in case you didn’t know, Gmail doesn’t have > to be by > > > invites any longer. It’s open to everyone now for about the past > two years. > > > Just go to http://www.Gmail.com http://www.gmail.com/> and sign > up. I > > > know they still give us the > > > Invite bot on the Gmail home page > > > > > > It is still called Beta for some strange reason. No telling why > Google has > > > decided to keep it in Beta this long??? Google’s answer is they > are always > > > working on new features but that could be said for almost any > software that > > > exists. Some have speculated that Google keeps it in Beta for > legal reasons > > > so they don’t have to be as liable for any mishaps. I hope they > don’t start > > > a trend. I was one of the original group of Beta testers when it > first > > > started up.. not the first 1,000, but an invitee from one of > those first > > > 1,000 users. I have over 46,000 emails saved in my first Gmail > account > > > dating back to June, 2004 (Gmail started in April 2004) and still > going… > > > only 18% full which isn’t really correct since Google is > constantly raising > > > the bar on storage limitation. They launched Gmail offering 1Gig > of storage > > > which was mind-boggling for a free email service back then. > Hotmail was > > > only offering 2MB and Yahoo was offering 4MB. Since then, all of > the > > > freebies have increased their storage to the virtually unlimited > levels. > > > > > > I understand that Gmail is now available offline… meaning one > does not > > > have to be connected to the internet to read and compose recent > emails… > > > kind of like an email client such as Outlook but I haven’t tried > it since I > > > use Outlook. > > > http://startupmeme.com/google-calendar-gmail-to-go-offline/ > > > > > > Heck… the Google Chrome browser didn’t stay in Beta as long as > Gmail has. > > > LOL > > > > > > Fish… had to mention fish to keep this on topic. LOL > > > > > > Lenny Vasbinder > > > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > > > > (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on > the right > > > side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by > Year, Month) > > > > > > —–Original Message—– > > > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com 40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto: > > > AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com 40yahoogroups.com>] On > > > Behalf Of Harl Myers > > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 6:03 AM > > > To: aquaticlife@yahoogroups.com 40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: [AquaticLife] OT for Ray > > > > > > “As for the computer, what do you mean by “again”? It’s more > like “still,” > > > or on-going, as in “ever-after” only in this case its > not “happily” . > > > Just lost a long reply to Lenny’s and > \Steve’s// > > > discussion on global warming/climate change, yesterday afternoon. > > > Don’t know if I’ll bother to write it all again. ” > > > > > > I would be happy to send you a gmail invite, as it has a save > draft > > > feature. > > > Or you could use your word processor, or even notepad to type > your replies, > > > save as you go and then cut and paste into the message when you > are > > > complete… > > > > > > If you want a gmail invite just let me know… > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >
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