From: lukas.mariman@REMOVEdommel.be   
      
   "Netrunner"  schreef in bericht   
   news:37cv04dva9gpgig0bmeej2uckv7grebfep@4ax.com...   
   > Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the   
   > Replicant Lukas Mariman covertly transmitting a message to renegade   
   > friends in alt.fan.blade-runner.  Tracking...   
   >   
   >>"Netrunner"  schreef in bericht   
   >>news:pbrq049qcql1f06fk8kc343mfu5hter71v@4ax.com...   
   >>> Standing in the dark, rainy shadows of a city alleyway, I spied the   
   >>> Replicant Lukas Mariman covertly transmitting a message to renegade   
   >>> friends in alt.fan.blade-runner.  Tracking...   
   >>>   
   >>>>"moschops"  schreef in bericht   
   >>>>news:SeCdnbtEQ8CTr5bVRVnyiAA@brightview.com...   
   >>>>> Lukas Mariman wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> I bought an Acer Aspire M3610, which has an Intel Core 2 Quad   
   >>>>>> processor,   
   >>>>>> and comes with Vista Home Premium (and some assorted software   
   >>>>>> included)   
   >>>>>> preloaded.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> If you've got your heart set on windows (and, sadly, there is still   
   >>>>> plenty   
   >>>>> of software that's windows only) you could dig out your previous copy   
   >>>>> of   
   >>>>> XP and install that instead.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>I'm considering doing that, although I guess I should give Vista a try   
   >>>>for   
   >>>>a   
   >>>>while. Also, I'm keeping my old Win XP system, at least for the time   
   >>>>being,   
   >>>>and you're not supposed to install from the same copy on more than one   
   >>>>system without the activation going postal. :-/   
   >>>   
   >>> Just a thought, but presumably your HD is big enough that you can   
   >>> install another OS on a separate partition?  Or shove in another HD   
   >>> and install separately on that?  Though I don't know if there is much   
   >>> advantage to running two Windows systems side by side.  I'd certainly   
   >>> be interested to hear how you get on with Vista.   
   >>   
   >>Slight update on how I get on - Lord of The Ring - the Battle For Middle   
   >>Earth - a game from 2004 which is one of my favorites - installed ok, but   
   >>downloading the patches seems not to work for some reason.   
   >>   
   >>This does not bode well.   
   >   
   > Ouch!  This does not sound good.   
      
   It's only the second game I've tried and already I have a problem. Sammit!   
      
   It's not looking good, I tell ya!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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