I agree with you

XP's default interface is awful. Don't know about Vista; but I'm lead to understand that it's full of gimmicky crap (think the paperclippy thing in Word multiplied by 100), which everyone frantically attempts to turn off after a couple of hours.

Posted By: BerlinCanary on March 19th 2009 at 13:36:52

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FAO AB (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 19, 12:44:26
- Tombland full of old gits then? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Mar 19, 13:04:02
  - durrrrr, I've done a whoopsie (General Chat) - pants, Mar 19, 13:05:34
    - nothing to see here^^^^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 13:07:20
      - aye, (General Chat) - pants, Mar 19, 13:10:12
        
        ***FOR PANTS EYES ONLY*** (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 13:15:00
        
        haha, I know you were (General Chat) - pants, Mar 19, 13:18:10
        
        slarph innit? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 13:20:25
- Fook that. Get a paperclip...push it in the TINYWINY hole on the top next to earphone (General Chat) - songwriter81, Mar 19, 12:53:47
  - that's a bit shit (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 12:55:42
    - Shit Merkin designers (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 12:56:20
      - Er... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 19, 13:08:56
        
        Oh weel, we have shit designers too - (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 13:12:35
        
        nice trailer! (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 13:18:00
      - Professor Merkin (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 19, 13:03:18
- You could use a Splash mat. Failing that, USB port. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 12:52:22
- Oldy one or 3G'y one? (n/m) (General Chat) - songwriter81, Mar 19, 12:51:05
  - It says 3G on it (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 19, 12:56:52
    - It means you will have a moohassive bill each month. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 12:59:53
      - Naaah, O2's tariffs have a flat-rate for data access. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 19, 13:02:42
        
        From OGs synopsis of Iphone target users below, I'd guess (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 13:06:38
        
        Chortle (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 19, 13:07:22
- You'll need a paper clip or a small pointy thing to put the sim card (General Chat) - Vivid Data Shark, Mar 19, 12:51:03
  - wot if you dont have an pc? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 12:56:28
    - like some africans and eskimoes indians? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 12:57:09
      - Apple's entire presentation of this thing (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 19, 13:01:23
        
        iNt they all fucked now? (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 13:06:40
        
        It's odd because Apple usually do have some sort of Getting Started guide (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 19, 13:05:38
        
        like jordan? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 13:09:50
        
        The iFoon is the most College Road foon you can possibly buy. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 19, 13:05:32
      - People who design all that modern shit think that those without (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 12:59:05
- Ahahaha. I had a similar moment Monday. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 19, 12:51:02
  - Brilliant, you are a star (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 19, 12:55:57
  - You need Itunes to use a fucking phone???? Jeez!! (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 12:55:45
    - They're just using iTunes as the way to register & configure the phone (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 19, 13:03:41
    - Yep, a pooter and iTunes. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 19, 13:00:57
      - Smart of Apple though (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 19, 13:04:50
        
        Except Vista is an expensive OS that doesn't work (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 19, 13:07:10
        
        Vista works fine for me (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 19, 13:16:27
        
        It's amazingly horrible though and you can't make it look like (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 13:19:12
        
        why would you want to make it look like windows classic? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 19, 13:25:40
        
        Cos that's what I'm used to and it means I can find stuff. All these other (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 13:29:04
        
        I agree with you (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 19, 13:36:52
        
        Nope, nothing like that, that I've noticed. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 19, 13:50:51
        
        me neither, it's just the UAC wotsit that's annoying me with Vista (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 19, 13:57:57
        
        I just switched mine off. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 19, 14:00:36
        
        y'see, i used to think like that too (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 19, 13:35:47
        
        I like it now I'm used to it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 19, 13:23:59
      - How on earth can Itunes have anything to do with a phone, lest you want (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 13:04:06
        
        Well, yeah. It's because it's a fully-featured iPod as well as a foon. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 19, 13:09:32
        
        I'd have told you to go to Bar Fringe on Swan Street (General Chat) - sheffieldcanary, Mar 19, 13:47:03
        
        Yebut, other foons do that without itunes, don't they? (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 13:15:15
        
        Seriously, are the tracks from the Istore shit quality? Or is this just geeksnobbery? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 19, 13:12:06
        
        I *think* they use a low bit-rate for mp3s. Or used to at least. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 19, 13:14:54
        
        Obviously it's not CD quality; but not so bad these days (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 19, 13:32:20
        
        Ah, well, I take it back then. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 19, 13:52:03
        
        iTunes has never carried MP3s - always M4A/AAC format (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Mar 19, 14:21:33
        
        The very nice girl serving me today (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 19, 13:09:06
        
        That's how I feel. Foons is for fooning, MP3 players are for moosic (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 13:17:09
        
        it's to leave room in your pockets for other stuff (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 19, 13:26:54
        
        Yeah but I don't carry them all round in my pockets. I take a camera if I'm going (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 13:30:46
        
        you're not everybody though (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 19, 13:37:29
        
        I know, I don't care what other people do. I was just agreeing that I (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 14:00:46
        
        Why do you buy all this stuff 'not to use'? (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Mar 19, 13:16:49
        
        He has kids :-) - Peer pressure (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 13:18:12
    - I couldn't agree more (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 19, 12:56:17
- put ***FOR YOUR EYES ONLY** in the title then granddad (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 12:47:59
  - Even I hacked it. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 12:48:53
    - See!!! (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 12:49:50
- Serves you right for embracing modern society. (General Chat) - CB41, Mar 19, 12:47:25
  - I need a new foon (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 19, 12:51:20
  - wouldn't mind an iGoat (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 12:50:54

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