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Article #404Re: Consumer Reports testing confirms that the Apple "Bumpers" for the iPhone 4 solves its antenna problem
From: John Navas
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:14
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:14
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On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:56:09 -0700, in <kea1465p89gk87ck45jv1iotlg8cluigq0@4ax.com>, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote: >On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:54:13 -0700, John Navas ><spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote: > >>Windows is a repeating pattern of a leap that stumbles, followed by the >>fix-up release that works well. > >Yep. My rule of thumb is that it takes 18 months from initial release >to produce enough patches, fixes, service packs, and utilities to make >a new OS release usable. > >>Just like Vista and Windows 7, 2000 had >>some annoying issues that were cleaned up in XP. > >Huh? I run a few weather stations on W2K SP4. Totally stable with no >surprises. Yes, I do install updates as they appear. One nice thing >about W2K is that it will install and run with 256MB of RAM. XP >started out being ok with 512MB, but after numerous improvements and >updates, it now requires 1GB to be usable. Windoze 7(32bits) seems to >want 2-3GB (3.5GB Maximum for 32 bit), while most 64bit systems are >being shipped with 4GB. I would say the most annoying issue >introduced with XP is the memory consumption. Windows 2000 had fairly significant backward application compatibility issues, one of the reasons the kernel was reworked in Windows XP. Microsoft broke two of the prime commandments: "Thou shalt not break applications!" "Thou shalt be compatible with games!" -- John "Assumption is the mother of all screw ups." [Wethern๏ฟฝs Law of Suspended Judgement]
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