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From: Mike S. on 26 Jul 2010 21:35

What is "Win 7 limited"?


From: LouB on 27 Jul 2010 07:30
JD wrote:
> LouB wrote:
>> JD wrote:
>>> I visited
>>>
>>> http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/system-requirements.html
>>>
>>> and discovered that FFox should run on : Windows 2000, Windows XP,
>>> Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows 7
>>>
>>> Has anyone anyone succeeded in getting it to run smoothly?
>>>
>>> Same question for Thunderbird.
>>>
>>> Many thanks :-)
>>
>> Yes and yes
>
> Thanks Lou.
>
> I decide to go ahead and start installing.
> FireFox 3.5 is now working fine on Win 7 and I have installed the
> 2.0.0.4 TBird.
> I was doubtful about the current TBird running on Win 7, so I am now
> setting up the older version 2.0.0.4 of TBird which is what I now have
> running on Win2K.
>
> This was easier than I had thought and I like the familiarity.
>
> Have a great week :-)

FF is up to 3.6.8 (I think) but I am using Chrome. I do run the
updates regularly.
I have been lurking in the Mozilla newsgroups and have read enough to
stick with TB version 2 as you have done.

Lou
From: LouB on 27 Jul 2010 09:38
FredW wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:30:12 -0400, LouB <Lou(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> JD wrote:
>>> I decide to go ahead and start installing.
>>> FireFox 3.5 is now working fine on Win 7 and I have installed the
>>> 2.0.0.4 TBird.
>>> I was doubtful about the current TBird running on Win 7, so I am now
>>> setting up the older version 2.0.0.4 of TBird which is what I now have
>>> running on Win2K.
>>>
>>> This was easier than I had thought and I like the familiarity.
>>>
>>> Have a great week :-)
>> FF is up to 3.6.8 (I think) but I am using Chrome. I do run the
>> updates regularly.
>> I have been lurking in the Mozilla newsgroups and have read enough to
>> stick with TB version 2 as you have done.
>
>
> Just as you I stayed with Thunderbird version 2.0.0.24
> (well, I hope you stayed with that version and not version 2.0.0.4)
>
> But I have now version 3.1.1 installed and this version is for me good
> enough to upgrade from Thunderbird 2 to Thunderbird 3.
>
> Critical points for me were:
> - I can now change an IMAP e-mail account to a POP(3) account.
> - "3.1.1 20100713 rv 1.9.2.7 may have fixed the flaws in format=flowed
> replies"
>
Thx
From: Mike Easter on 27 Jul 2010 10:30
Mike S. wrote:
> What is "Win 7 limited"?

Win 7 Starter is pretty limited and it comes with OEM systems.

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_skus.asp Windows 7 Product
Editions Overview



--
Mike Easter
From: Mike S. on 27 Jul 2010 11:08

In article <8b88rkF4i7U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
Mike Easter <MikeE(a)ster.invalid> wrote:
>Mike S. wrote:
>> What is "Win 7 limited"?
>
>Win 7 Starter is pretty limited and it comes with OEM systems.
>
>http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_skus.asp Windows 7 Product
>Editions Overview

Fair enough; thanks but I already use Windows 7 and am aware of the
different flavors ... which is why I questioned something called "Win 7
limited".


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