On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:48:50 -0600, Bull > wrote:

>In article >,
> John Kuthe > wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:16:38 -0600, Bull > wrote:
>>
>> >In article
>> >,
>> > ImStillMags > wrote:
>> >
>> >> IE seems to be the big problem.
>> >
>> >Damn, is this YOU Kuthe?
>> >
>> >B U LL
>>
>> Dude! All I use IE for is possibly DLing Firefox on a new OS install!
>> But I have an EXE of Firefox backed up now, so...
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
>IE and anything running it sucks. The PC will go the way of the
>dinosaur. The requirements for Windows 8 = 1GHz processor, 2GB RAM for
>a 64-bit install (1GB for 32-bit), 20GB of storage (16GB for 32-bit),
>and DX9 graphics. It has become the brontosaurus. Too BIG for its own
>self - overgrown, cumbersome and not all that smart.
>
>
>BULL

We agree in this Bull! Microsoft's "everything including the kitchen
sink" paradigm of OS construction is BS. If I can't afford a Mac next
time I need a magor hardware upgrade/repair, I will go with some
flavor of Linux if I can't reuse my Win XP CD.

John Kuthe...