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In 2002, nearly 2/3rds of all those they 'rescued'.

It isn't made for the user who installs windows once in a computer lifetime. The program install features are for those who want to provide a simple, stable platform - and not necessarily one which has all the latest and greatest features. If you hadn't guessed, it is made for the person who will be installing windows a lot. I don't have to bother copying over/downloading the programs I want to install on the new machine, which takes time and effort. I don't have to go through every single settings pane specifying exactly how I want the machine to be configured - not only during installation, but the post-installation settings one would normally alter in control panel. Yes, except you have to do that every install. With this, you only have to make the effort once. Also, some components are particularly awkward to uninstall - such as IE. As Cruiser said, there are plenty of people who will benefit from using it. Not only the administrators of groups of machines (who may well just use ghosting) but the home user who likes to do a format every month.

He didn't specify islam and the quote he was responding to didn't either.

I'm eager to do it, just there hasn't been a convenient time for me to do so yet. Needles aren't a problem for me at all, I'm the kind who'll happily watch it go in.

My intention isn't to attack any religion in this instance, merely to debunk the misinformation that those two were spouting.

They are simply optical illusions - places where the horizon appears to be at the wrong angle. Tests with a plumb line can show that the road is actually sloped that way.

I've just discovered another quote which shows how egregiously wrong you are:

I think they're overrated, very linear, and obvious console games.

If you don't feel confident fitting it yourself, yes. But it is a relatively simple thing to do yourself and I'd consider it a waste of money to have a shop fit it when you could read a tutorial and install it on your own in 15 minutes, even as a layperson. The not-so-simple part is installing and setting up Windows once it the disc is working, which you may well have to do yourself even if you get the disc installed at a shop.

Just a few: I tried to avoid the hundreds of 'they'll burn in hell' references and instead just find the human-on-human violence. ********************

http://www.nliteos.com/ nLite - take your normal Windows CD, make an unattended setup version of it. Pre-install drivers, programs, set all settings, remove unwanted components (Windows Messenger, anyone?) integrate service packs, hotfixes and patches.

That isn't an external drive. It is an external drive enclosure. That means you will have you buy your own IDE hard disc (bad idea - you should get a serial ATA enclosure) and install it into the enclosure. It then connects to the mains for power and to your computer through USB 2.0. USB 2.0 has a data transfer rate of up to 480Mbit/s whereas SATA can do 1.5Gbit/s and SATA2 can do 3.0Gb/s - that means that the limit in speed will be the USB connection's transfer rate in the external one as opposed to the hard disc's read speed in the internal drive. PC World is also overpriced. Check out scan.co.uk's page on external hard disc enclosures if you want to buy your own disc (can get a cheap one from them too) or their page of pre-built external hard discs if you want a complete one. If your machine's main hard disc is knackered, getting an external one to replace it is not a viable solution.

Exactly. It was clearly posted to provoke a reaction and you graciously provided one.

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He's right, you know. Anyway, you might want to change your title since there is no such word as 'prejudism'.

IE7 does.

The vast majority of people will never want to do more than browse the web, type their documents, listen to some music, send some emails and maybe play a couple of games. Therefore moving to linux when Windows is easier to use for a novice would be a waste of effort for them.

Since ease of use for the inexperienced user became an important factor in usability engineering. Not necessarily equal, but certainly conducive.

http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=597265

You were told to post it in the sticky in the forum games board. Are you illiterate?

You cannot 'garruntee' such a thing as you aren't part of the decision making process.

How is it biased when an atheist can't have 'god doesn't exist' in their signature either? Perhaps the rule exists because some people just get sick of pious crap.

=D> Other forums sometimes have a stickies subforum.

Gentle Giant. From some of their songs you might think they were a joke band; they're not. They are excellent.