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Re: MS IE SUCKS!
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Wed, 20 Nov 2002 04:26:33 GMT
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They got Counter-Strike for Linux? Or just Half-Life? How bout pirated
versions of Photoshop? I'd have a mac if they made those things for me.
How bout a driver for my cd burner from sony that has a drive slot for digi
cam card? Well, till they make those things, I'm stuck. If they do, I'd
love to know about it!
e.
In lugnet.off-topic.geek, William R. Ward writes:
> "Erick" <erick_jensen@hotmail.com> writes:
> > Why does IE suck so much now? It constantly sucks my cpu down so much so
> > that the mouse stalls out. This happens when loading pages, or even just
> > sitting there. I think the idle stalls are caused by Messenger running in
> > the background. But it's gotten to the point where if I look a page with
> > multiple large pics it hangs for close to a minute. I don't really want to
> > reformat/reinstall windows. Anybody know of a better fix? If I changed (in
> > the registry) my port speeds to tweak a 56k connection, would that help?
> > Getting the latest version of IE hasn't helped either.
>
> Why? To make you buy a faster computer, of course. That's the whole
> reason that Microsoft made it "part of the operating system" - so they
> could slow it down just like everything else with the new version, to
> make you buy a new faster PC, which of course comes with another copy
> of the latest slower version of the OS...
>
> Do youreself a favor. Reformat the hard drive and install Linux.
> You'll be amazed how fast your slow computer really is.
>
> --Bill.
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Message has 2 Replies: | | Re: MS IE SUCKS!
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| (...) Only because you choose to limit yourself to those exact products. There are many equally useful alternatives. ROSCO (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: MS IE SUCKS!
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| (...) "Pirated versions of Photoshop". I love it. I want to see a study which shows how much the easy availability of pirated win32 software is a barrier to the rise of desktop L inux. Is the slot on your CD burner a Memory Stick slot? Many Memory (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Why? To make you buy a faster computer, of course. That's the whole reason that Microsoft made it "part of the operating system" - so they could slow it down just like everything else with the new version, to make you buy a new faster PC, (...) (22 years ago, 16-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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