From: olfart on

"Cameo" <cameo(a)cameo.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM(a)neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:hho5i9$qad$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>> Do not underestimate the Chinese. They, not the US, will be the leading
>> power in the world by mid-Century.
>
> That may be, but we are far from that time yet.

they already have more US dollars than we do


From: Cameo on
"olfart" <olfart65(a)excite.com> wrote in message
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> they already have more US dollars than we do

But they still can't produce quality products. Lenovo is an exception as
they didn't have enough time to screw what IBM sold them.

From: Mike Blake-Knox on
In article <hhln60$gnu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Cameo wrote:
> Have you run the MS upgrade advisor software? That would tell you what
> would work for you and what would not in Win7.

You need to treat its findings with a grain of salt. I was trying to
upgrade an Inspiron 8600 with an NVIDIA GeForce FX GO5200. I have run it
several times using the RC and RTM versions of Win 7. Until the last time
I ran the adviser (in December), I was told the video driver was fine but
might need a visit to Windows Update. I did find a Vista driver that
"worked" after a few .INF edits but left me with an unstable system. As a
result, I put Win7 on another computer.

Incidentally, in the December report, the upgrade advisor now reports no
compatibility information on the video adapter!

Mike


From: the wharf rat on
In article <hhomlp$rbp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Cameo <cameo(a)cameo.invalid> wrote:
>But they still can't produce quality products. Lenovo is an exception as
>they didn't have enough time to screw what IBM sold them.

Lenovoe ALWAYS made Thunkpads. Even when IBM sold them.
>


From: Dabbler on
"the wharf rat" <wrat(a)panix.com> wrote in message
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> In article <hhomlp$rbp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> Lenovoe ALWAYS made Thunkpads. Even when IBM sold them.

Yes, but IBM controlled the quality then. Who does now?