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ventaSo, here I am just trotting off to bed when I remember that I meant to post some questions here. They're not my questions, but they're questions which have been asked of me recently and I've either not had anything terribly interesting to say, or not known the answer.
What is the difference between the various versions of Windows XP ? What does the Media Center Edition do that the Professional Edition or the Home Edition doesn't ? Or what doesn't it do that they do ? I've found a few pages which are full of marketing fluff and little meaning - can anyone actually define any known concrete differences ?
Has anyone ever used M$ Works, in particular its spreadsheet program ? Are there any limitations to it (compared to Excel), in particular on the maximum width/height of spreadsheets, or compatibility with Excel files ?
And the other question. Which was important. But I've forgotten it. Bonus points if you can answer it anyway.
The last enquiry isn't so much as a do-you-know-the-answer question as a request for feedback. You, yes you, could be the voice of the younger generation because my mother wants to know what said generation thinks about buying winter clothes.
Apparently some shops (like Next) are saying that the biggest effect anything had on their sales this season was the cold snap in Novemeber. Apparently everyone suddenly thought "shit, it's winter, I'd better buy a jumper" all at once. I certainly remember a conversation with a friend around then in which he expressed a requirement for warm clothes. "I have no memory of throwing out all my warm clothes last year," he said "but it looks like I just have done".
I, being very boring, simply raked the stack of jumpers out the back of the wardrobe. Fashion, you say ? What's that ?
So, did anyone feel compelled to go out and buy winter clothes in November ? Do you chuck away winter clothes at the beginning of spring ? If you know you need a nice new coat for winter do you start looking in Autumn, or do you wait til it gets cold ? Were you forced into purchasing an inferior coat in a hurry because you'd been stuck looking for one you liked, but were outpaced by the weather ? Enquiring minds wish to know.
What is the difference between the various versions of Windows XP ? What does the Media Center Edition do that the Professional Edition or the Home Edition doesn't ? Or what doesn't it do that they do ? I've found a few pages which are full of marketing fluff and little meaning - can anyone actually define any known concrete differences ?
Has anyone ever used M$ Works, in particular its spreadsheet program ? Are there any limitations to it (compared to Excel), in particular on the maximum width/height of spreadsheets, or compatibility with Excel files ?
And the other question. Which was important. But I've forgotten it. Bonus points if you can answer it anyway.
The last enquiry isn't so much as a do-you-know-the-answer question as a request for feedback. You, yes you, could be the voice of the younger generation because my mother wants to know what said generation thinks about buying winter clothes.
Apparently some shops (like Next) are saying that the biggest effect anything had on their sales this season was the cold snap in Novemeber. Apparently everyone suddenly thought "shit, it's winter, I'd better buy a jumper" all at once. I certainly remember a conversation with a friend around then in which he expressed a requirement for warm clothes. "I have no memory of throwing out all my warm clothes last year," he said "but it looks like I just have done".
I, being very boring, simply raked the stack of jumpers out the back of the wardrobe. Fashion, you say ? What's that ?
So, did anyone feel compelled to go out and buy winter clothes in November ? Do you chuck away winter clothes at the beginning of spring ? If you know you need a nice new coat for winter do you start looking in Autumn, or do you wait til it gets cold ? Were you forced into purchasing an inferior coat in a hurry because you'd been stuck looking for one you liked, but were outpaced by the weather ? Enquiring minds wish to know.
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Date: 2006-01-06 10:16 pm (UTC)I suspected you did :)- I was just elucidating for the benefit of anyone else that wasn't clear. I completely agree on ME being a nasty piece of work- I've got a friend who's PC I occasionally have to fix, and every time I got near it I'm reminded quite how painful it is. I've not had the misfortune to have to do anything on XP Home, mainly because when I was getting an OS I looked at what it didn't do and decided it'd annoy me too much, and no-one goes near it at work. Agree completely (again) that Pro is just a way of charging unmore to ungimp your OS, but IMHO it's worth it (well, as worth it as any other MS product).