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Re: [T3] AOL users

<x-flowed>I have a few computers with one of those a 2002 era G3 e-mac and i
thought that was old...right before the G4's hit...damn. I am not one
of Microsoft's greatest fans, but XP was a significant upgrade from
Win2K. Especially for a novice user. Yes, there is a point to be made
to "just" accessing the internet, but you would not use a part on your
volks that just barely worked would you? No, you would use one that
does the best job (rock=hammer?). The same goes for a computer for me
which is just a tool. A tool I cannot live without if you take away
the internet,  but it is just a tool.

Jim
72 Squareback
San Diego

On 7/13/06, Hal Sullivan <tristessa@tristessa.us> wrote:

On Jul 13, 2006, at 8:32 PM, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 10:04 -0700, Jim wrote:
> > I too have many gmail invites. I have 2 accounts on gmail, one for me
> > and one for work.
>
> I really appreciate the offers, but I think if anything I'll get one
> of the
> kids to set me up a Yahoo account (since they're free).

Gmail is free as well, and a much nicer interface & setup than Yahoo has
IMHO.  You can even grab mail from a gmail account with a POPmail
program like Eudora or (shudder) Outlook Express.  And yes, I've got a
metric arseload of gmail invites I can give away too.

> I guess it's really time to
> get a new computer, one that doesn't run windoz, do they still make
> those?  : )
> I mean this Gateway I'm using is a 2000 model. :O

Yeah, they still make 'puters that don't run windoze .. though the new
Intel-based
Macs can boot Windows too -- and this is even without getting into the
Linux
prospects.  LOL.  My "new" computer is a 2001-era G3 iMac, scored it at
Goodwill
for $25.

The important thing is that whatever computer you have allows you to
get on the
Internet.  Because the Internet is where this list is, where we get to
talk about
Type 3's.  So in a six-degrees-of-Bacon way, this might be on topic. :-)

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