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Thread ID: 15175	2002-01-30 22:44:00	XP- the hidden costs	Guest (0)	Press F1

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33629	2002-01-30 22:44:00	For those of you considering upgrading to XP, I discovered that any Norton product that isn't a '2002' release is now redundant. Having purchased SystemWorks 2000 only a year ago, I now have to fork out another $122.00 to 'upgrade' to a version compatible with XP. Are any alternatives worth considering?. The XP compatibility seacrh engine is partly to blame- it only says when things are compatible, not that they aren't.	Guest (0)
33630	2002-01-30 23:17:00	I My be able to help. For myself i am sticking to 98 second edition does everything i need it to do and fast. kiwibeat@hotmail.com	Guest (0)
33631	2002-01-31 02:23:00	I get it!! Your motto goes something like this, 'If it ain't broke.... don't try to fix it...'	Guest (0)
33632	2002-01-31 03:22:00	An alternative worth looking at seriously would (of course) be Linux. But you knew I was going to say that - didn't you ;-)	Guest (0)
33633	2002-01-31 04:13:00	And if your computer is over a year old ... Microsoft's motto seems to be: 'If it works, add fearures.'. That ensures that it won't work.	Guest (0)
33634	2002-01-31 08:53:00	Yes, guessed you would, you're not a friend of Cyclops by any chance? Caught my very first view of Linux in operation today, Red Hat using Gnome/KDE GUIs. It was a mature installation in a commercial environment but took 15 minutes for the resident IT expert to change the vertical and horizontal refresh rates temporarily and then to change them back, a task you can do in seconds on Bill's fine products. It looked for all the world like a throwback to UNIX or DOS complete with heaps of command line work. Might put off being a late adopter for a while and become a a Linux Luddite instead! Cheers Billy ?-{)	Guest (0)
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