I know it's a bit early to ask but does anyone know whether it's possible to
ditch all the memory-guzzling 3D display gimmicks in Vista and just have it
look like the standard interface and desktop with the old bog standard
WIN95/98 "Classic Settings" type windows and folders etc.?

The pic on the BBC news website showing folders being displayed in 3D and
spaced out at 45° filled me with horror! )

If the answer's no, sorry, Mr. Gates. You can stuff it!

The way I've got this PC set up I don't even have the graduated colours
along the tops of the windows and use List as the standard display option
for folders. To me, it's a piece of technical gear, not a toy.

I'll be getting a new PC in a few weeks time when my pension and gratuity
come through and if Vista means I've got to put up with even more childish
gimmicks than XP, I'll go for XP - anlthough even that seems to be pretty
bad already.

I had a go of a PC with XP on a course and I couldn't even use Start > Find
without there being a stupid red cartoon bloodhound there. Pathetic.

Nemo.

nemo <nemo@naughtylass.wet> Thou rude despiser of good manners. Thou
unconstant womankind. Thou green-sickness carrion. Thou crafty devil. Ye
blubbed and ye slavered:

Yes. Both "Windows Standard" and "Windows Classic" themes are supported.


--
alt.usenet.kooks - Pierre Salinger Memorial Hook, Line & Sinker:
September 2005 and April 2006

"K-Man's particular genius, however, lies not merely in his humour,
but his ability to make posters who had previously seemed reasonably
well-balanced turn into foaming, frothing, death threat-uttering
maniacs" - Snarky, Demon Lord of Confusion

"remember that th [sic] head toecutter has quarter million confirmed
kadaitcha man kills ok" - the land surfer

Fuckwitted alt.atheism atheist to Kadaitcha Man:
"Imagine if I were to suggest "I have a prehensile tail". You
would, naturally, ask for evidence."

Kadaitcha Man in reply to fuckwitted alt.atheism atheist:
"Not at all. I would unquestionably accept your admission to being
a monkey."

Thou crab-tree. Thou sottish, raw-boned fool.

"Kadaitcha Man" <fuck-you.ya.cunt@kiss-my-big-black-ass.com> wrote in
message news:hcj2ot$e0p$b@inoperable-jukes.net.nz...
That's a relief! Not so sure about your intro though!! )

nemo wrote:

If you want a superior product over Vista, consider Linux (Ubuntu or SuSE).

Linux provides the best user experience for your computer and provides the
best platform for performance, security, and reliability. One of the
biggest advantages of Linux and the KDE desktop environment is that it is
highly customizable and is extremely user-friendly.

One way to try Linux out is to download a "Live CD" that will allow you to
boot Linux with your current hardware without installing or making any
modifications to your present configuration.


--
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http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS.html
http://rixstep.com/1/20040719,00.shtml
http://free.thelinuxstore.ca/

nemo <nemo@naughtylass.wet> Thou boozy cock'red silken wanton. Thou
festered old ruffian. Thou cursed drab. Thou nimble mischance. Ye made
public and ye palpitated:

Allow me to do your head in...

http://www.kadaitcha.cx/vista/dogsbreakfast/index.html

--
alt.usenet.kooks - Pierre Salinger Memorial Hook, Line & Sinker:
September 2005 and April 2006

"K-Man's particular genius, however, lies not merely in his humour,
but his ability to make posters who had previously seemed reasonably
well-balanced turn into foaming, frothing, death threat-uttering
maniacs" - Snarky, Demon Lord of Confusion

"remember that th [sic] head toecutter has quarter million confirmed
kadaitcha man kills ok" - the land surfer

Fuckwitted alt.atheism atheist to Kadaitcha Man:
"Imagine if I were to suggest "I have a prehensile tail". You
would, naturally, ask for evidence."

Kadaitcha Man in reply to fuckwitted alt.atheism atheist:
"Not at all. I would unquestionably accept your admission to being
a monkey."

Thou lean-witted fool. Thou ye fat-guts.

"Au79" <au79@789.edu> wrote in message
news:8xKvh.154984$jb3.17540@newsfe18.lga...

I've seen Linux recommended a number of times, but does it support software
such as MS Office, Abobe Photoshop and Illustrator (both essential), Bryce
and Poser though?
Nemo

"nemo" <nemo@naughtylass.wet> wrote in message

Hello Nemo,

I also have a few concerns, mine are different than Yours.

I am waiting for an Operating System, which does not require
a dozen of Security Programs to browse the Internet.
" Antivirus, Firewalls, Anti Spayware, Anti Trojans, Anti Spam, etc."

Log on here: http://tinyurl.com/2l8mfc

and You should find some Answers, on all You wanted to know
about Vista, and You were afraid to ask, -

LOLuck, x@y

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:03:16 +0000, nemo wrote:

Look for a product called "Crossover", it permits users to run MS Office
on their Linux machine. I don't know how it does with the other apps.

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abusive nature created by PCBUTTS1 and still hosted on his public
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All while spamming his company website at: http://www.seedsv.com

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:03:16 +0000, nemo wrote:

CrossOver Office. Supports -
M$ Office 2003, XP, 2000, 97
Adobe Photoshop
etc.
2,620 applications in the database

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxoffice/

x@y wrote:


Why are you waiting?
www.ubuntu.com
www.pclinuxos.com

nemo wrote:


OpenOffice 2 is easily the equivalent of Office XP, (without Outlook), The
Gimp is EASILY the equivalent of Photoshop. Not sure about Illustrator -
never heard of that

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:38:17 +0000, Gordon wrote:

Open Office, any version, is not even close to being MS Office XP or
above, in fact, OO can't properly convert many documents which makes
working with people that ARE using MS Office almost impossible - unless
the MS Office people use the lowest common format method.



--
Want to know what PCBUTTS1 is really about?
*** WARNING - these links contain foul/pornographic content of an
abusive nature created by PCBUTTS1 and still hosted on his public
website ***
http://www.pcbutts1.com/rlk/rlk.htm ,
http://www.pcbutts1.com/license.htm ,
http://www.pcbutts1.com/downloads/max.htm ,
http://www.pcbutts1.com/downloads/mpv.htm ,
http://www.pcbutts1.com/downloads/wtcpcb.htm ,
http://www.pcbutts1.com/cracks.htm ,
http://www.pcbutts1.com/Loutheasshole.htm
All while spamming his company website at: http://www.seedsv.com

"Gordon" <gbplinux@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
...
Hi Gordon,

Thanks for the above Links, I am already using FF2,
on and off, for practice, old slow Lerner.
Will boot the above from a CD, or install on separate HD,
with dual Boot, I have to decide on that.

I am going to Bookmark the two links, for later use.

Tanks again, x@y

"Kadaitcha Man" <fuck-you.ya.cunt@kiss-my-big-black-ass.com> wrote in
message news:588son$3h0$c@minute-toronjas.net.nz...
Sounds just like that Monty Python bit of software that was around a few
years ago!

I have a posthensile tail. The mailman delivered it yesterday.

I prefer Middling Glish meself, thou sawcyfleem rantipole!

Derk was the night as pich, or as the cole,
And at the window out she putte hir hole,
And Absilon, him fil no bet he wers,
But with his mouth he kiste hir naked ers
Ful savourly, er he was war of this,
Aback he sterte and thought it was amis,
For well he wist a womman hath no berd,
He felte a thing al rough and long y-herd
And seyde, 'fy, allas! what have I do?'
'Tehee,' quod she and clapte the window to;
And Absilon goth forth a sory pas.
'A berd! A berd!' quod hende Nicholas,
'By Goddes corpus, this goth faire and weel!'
This sely Abselon herde every deel,
And on his lippe he gan for anger byte;
And to him-self he seyde, 'I shal thee quite!'
Who rubbeth now, who froteth now his lippes
With dust, with sond, with straw, with clooth, with chippes. . . . . .

Gordon wrote:
(Illustrator is a vector based illustration program from Adobe, comparable
to Corel Draw.)

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:40:44 GMT, "nemo" <nemo@naughtylass.wet> wrote:

You can turn off the animated character.

Many people find PCs intimidating, and these touches help provide a
more user-friendly experience - personally I greatly prefer the XP
standard interface.

WIth XP you can revert to Classic interface as you no doubt know.

gb

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:1170179120_6115@sp6iad.superfeed.net...
As an Advanced Excel user I tell you it IS the same as office XP.....I use
both equally. The ONLY problem is Macros. But then, 95% of users only use
25% of the functionality in either suite anyway....

"WhzzKdd" <i.broke.it@oh-no.invalid> wrote in message
news:K8Nvh.21$gr3.13@newsfe04.lga...
Open Office has Draw, which MAY be the same.....

"x@y" <retired@home.active> wrote in message
news:45bf54c3$1_1@newsfeed.slurp.net...
PCLinuxOS is on the verge of a new release - it /should/ have been released
yesterday but there's a hitch.....

"Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
news:1170177880_6105@sp6iad.superfeed.net...

Thanks - but why should I go here for foul/pornographic content when there's
plenty of it on the binaries froups??

(Oh! What a giveaway!! ;o)

And anyway - after all the hype, now there are serious doubts being
expressed on the BBC website about Vista's alleged security.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm

And this is another hole since this morning!!!!

I think I'll go with XP.