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Comment Re:Similar experience. (Score 4, Interesting) 855

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitaire_(Windows)

Microsoft intended Windows Solitaire "to soothe people intimidated by the operating system", and at a time where many users were still unfamiliar with graphical user interfaces, it proved useful in familiarizing them with the use of a mouse, such as the drag-and-drop technique required for moving cards.

Comment Re:why is this surprising? (Score 1) 898

At least part of the issue falls on the fact that the Win9x line was built as a single-user system. When XP (based on NT/2K) came along and replaced 9x, if they had forced non-admin accounts, all sorts of programs designed for 9x would be very confused when they found out they couldn't write to certain places.

So, part of the problem is users, part is lazy developers, and part is Microsoft not providing a solution to allow legacy apps to run with restricted rights, without modification

Comment Re:Intuit's Mac support stinks anyway, these days. (Score 1) 108

Actually, Entourage* in my situation has one advantage over Outlook. My school's email is Exchange, and the only way to access it is over Outlook Web Access. Entourage hooks in to it (and my other email accounts) no problem. On the other hand, I've been totally unable to get Outlook to do the same.

*Evolution also supported this, but it's not compatible with Exchange '07.

Comment Re:Yes, but! (Score 4, Informative) 219

T-Mobile has (in my experience) not given two shits what phone I've stuck my SIM in, from my t-mo issued Pearl, to various HTC phones, to an unlocked iPhone, to a junk Nokia. And from what I've been told, AT&T is the same way. Sprint and Verizon are different, but that's at least partly b/c of CDMA (no SIM cards) and Verizon's control urges.

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