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From: Unknown on 2 Nov 2009 13:23
You must mean G not M?
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG(a)soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <0022CE2E-AF06-45F5-B92D-2EB85AA6E52A(a)microsoft.com>, Davey
> <Davey(a)discussions.microsoft.com> writes:
>>Addit Info:
>>SW is XP Home version 2002, Serv Pack 3. IE is set up as "no add
>>ons".Netbook is also quite slow due to limited memory(1Meg/500k Ram) and
>>speed(1.6 Mhz). Adequate for my limited travel due to size, battery
>>life,etc.
>>Slow when reading newspapers on line.
>
> Try Firefox (-:
> []
> I generally like to get away from IE when I can: it's not that it's a bad
> browser, in fact it works with more of the internet than anything else, I
> just don't like the extent to which it is linked to the operating system.
> You can always keep it there for the (rare) cases when you encounter a
> website that won't work with whatever alternative you're using.
>
> FWIW, I'm using a netbook too, and have exactly that - Firefox as my
> default browser, IE for if I should need it (which hasn't been for
> months - I don't think ever, in fact, on this PC). What do you mean by
> "1Meg/500k Ram"? (I have 1M, and can upgrade to 2M - I've got it, just not
> got around to it, as I haven't found it irritatingly slow yet.)
> --
> J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar(a)T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
> ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
> outdated thoughts on PCs. **
>
> The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. -e.e. cummings, poet
> (1894-1962)


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