Vista has been the mixed bag of “pretty interface” and hellish use I suspected it would be (See here for an example).

It is a shame that technology is sending us backwards in time …

In our geekie world, if you had an AOL account, you were a computer illiterate user!

AOL is the world’s biggest PC hacker of all time. Maybe Real Player is worse, I don’t know. AOL puts little files in every single corner of your registry completely taking over control.

When I ordered my Dell (yes I ordered a desktop and a laptop once) instead of building it, I repeated over and over again, how I DID NOT WANT AOL on my PC. I think they still charged me for it anyway.

Now with Vista. Well you are really headed for a hard time there. I think it is best to call Packard Bell, and tell them you have a right to receive it the way you want it…and you don’t want AOL anywhere near it. Those people at all the sales places always try to force the software bundle including AOL on people. Well most of that stuff is junk and people don’t want it.

Vista already takes more resources, so why add on more stuff to take the rest. Then on top of that the Internet takes up even more resources. By the time you want to run anything your PC is running slower than an old 386.

The only thing I actually liked was the messenger. I liked the little yellow guy. It was free and did not hack all over my PC.

Now I have to tolerate Time Warner, since it is the only cable modem service where I live. God I miss Adelphia so bad!!! I cringed knowing AOL was going to be apart of Time Warner….and now another monopoly 🙁

Laura Gullett
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