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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

XP is Turning 5.............

Remember how we had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the XP era? An article in today's paper reviews some of the agonies along the way. Though in many ways it was an improvement over the "9" series and ME, the serious flaws were patched so many times that a 2001 series issue had its directory balloon from 987 megabytes to 2.43 gigabytes. XP has been described as a house with a second floor built of spackle, wood filler and duct tape. The term "widely used" applies, but "popular" is less than accurate.

Vista - XP's replacement - is scheduled for a January release, but don't be surprised if that's delayed. What new frustrations will we next encounter? Ah, well. If we lived in a perfect world, do you suppose we'd be bored?

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