Re: is XP SP2 RC2 advisable for the average FCKGW user?

From: johnf (john_f_at_bigREMOVEpond.net.au)
Date: 06/21/04 

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:57:26 +1000

>> You will have to see if you can steal Linux somewhere then.
>>
>
> I bought the full version of Suse Linux for 80$, it is
> quite a wonderful product and looks a lot nicer than XP, imho,
> not to mention the painless install, and the peace-of-mind
> while surfing without all the Windows
> anxiety about whether one is suficiently protected/firewalled
> snd whether or not one's PC is constantly vacuuming virii and
> adware whenever it is online.
>
> I only keep XP for legacy apps like Quicken.

Well in that case, why do you need to d'load SP2?

> Perhaps the Linux Crossover/Wine app is the way to go
> instead of waiting for M$, in its great beneficence,
> to get around to bestowing SP2 on us unwashed masses .
>
> Only 40$ for Linux Crossover, so I hear.
>
> fwiw, I must have upwards of 20 legal copies of all the various
> versions of M$ Windows, all pre-XP, from Win2.0 to Win3.1 to
> Win95/98NT/2k.
>
> Given that, I consider that I have
> sufficiently contributed to the retirement plans
> of all the MVP's in this forum who have been so kind as to direct me
> to pay yet more money to their retirement accounts via M$.

To use the car analogy (which you appear to love), if you have bought 5 new
Fords in the past, Ford should now give you the latest model free (or let
you steal one from a showroom)?

>
> I even have a legal copy of OfficeXP which goes unused due to the stupid
> activation issue.

What issue is there with activation if you have a legal copy? 

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Puzzled