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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 05:57 PM
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Isn't the point of software upgrades to make the software better and easier to use?
:banghead:

My husband downloaded the upgrade to Windows Media player on the family computer, and I wanted to copy a CD into CD format. It told me to drag and drop the files and I tried and it won't drag.

:banghead:
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 05:58 PM
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1. Your Husband Came Home In Drag?
:shrug: :shrug:

:hi:

:hug:


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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 06:03 PM
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2. No, silly
The point of software upgrades to to drive you absolutely bananas and to make your computer freeze up and become obsolete so you have to buy a new one. And the new one will be loaded with software that is not compatable with the old one so you won't be able to transfer any files. And you'll have to buy extra add-ons in order to make anything work and you'll spend tons of money and make Bill Gates even richer and go even more bananas.

And then you'll have lots of bananas. :hi:
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x-g.o.p.er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 06:05 PM
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3. No no no no no.....
The point is to slow down your computer to the point of unusable and then go buy a new one.

I am SO getting a Mac when this one is done.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 06:06 PM
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4. I am also going to switch.
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 06:18 PM
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5. No. The point is to make money for the software company
The user is an afterthought.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 08:04 PM
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6. That depends... is the software made by Microsoft?
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:05 PM
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7. Depends? Did someone say Depends?
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:17 PM
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10. What a crappy joke...
But I guess when you just can't hold it in... :P
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CreekDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:06 PM
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8. better and easier! that's a good one!
:wtf: :rofl:
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cbayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-23-08 09:11 PM
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9. Let me guess.
PC user?
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 12:32 AM
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11. Yes.
My next machine will be a mac.
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 01:17 AM
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12. I thought the point of the software upgrades was to force you to give more money to Bill Gates
Maybe it's just me?
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 07:07 AM
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13. Get a Mac, girl
and then we'll lynch Bill Gates Can't stand the man or his OS.

Khash.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 02:17 PM
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14. I would go get a Mac today if I had the scratch.
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 05:34 PM
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15. They is expensive
You could always sell the kids, isn't that what EBay is for?

Khash.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-24-08 10:02 PM
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16. Be glad you're not running Adobe Illustrator
I've got four versions of that Fucking Piece of Shit Program on my computers at work.

One of my designers has CS 1 for Windows. The other has CS 2 for Mac. I have CS 2 for Windows and 10 for Mac.

And about three times a week, one of my designers will send me something that either takes a lot of fiddling to make print on a PostScript printer, or that won't print at all. Adobe invented PostScript, so obviously no one at Adobe has a PostScript printer handy to run test prints on during development.

Could be worse, though...fucking Onyx ProductionHouse is renowned for inconsistent color and for its FABULOUS documentation. If you can run Onyx, you didn't figure out how by reading the manual they give you. I am changing to Fiery the day my new printers arrive and I'm gonna be SO happy!
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