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[A Guy]

Thanks, Dennis. That's what this thread today has helped me realize.

But more importantly, thank you and Donna for your service as vets!

+2 Thanks for your service my friend.

Greg, I suspect that starting the social thing, and getting it going a bit, then an occasional update should suffice. I cannot fathom MS not recognizing you actually toiling in the trenches. I also believe Windows 7 will continue to be the majority OS for quite some time, and it will be vital to have good help as well.

A Guy

 

[Arc]

Best of luck Greg! Nothing will be a problem there, for sure.

 

[IownAmoneyPit]

Looking foward to your MVP renewall gregrocker.

 

[F5ing]

I thought the idea of the award was as a recognition to the real experts in the community that spend countless hours of their own time helping others with Microsoft products and not advertising them.

Lets face it, if you ain't re-awarded then they've lost the plot with what an MVP is all about and it ain't worth having.

Ditto. After years of searching for answers on the net anyone can easily realize that the work MVPs provide can be trusted, very helpful for the user as well as MS.

I know the MS business model is going through some dramatic changes, but if they turn this program into another arm of the advertising department folks will eventually realize it, learning they can't trust an MVP's advice much more than any of the other crap out there on the net.

Thanks, Dennis. That's what this thread today has helped me realize.

But more importantly, thank you and Donna for your service as vets!

+2 Thanks for your service my friend.

I can easily double ditto that!!

I also believe Windows 7 will continue to be the majority OS for quite some time, and it will be vital to have good help as well.

A Guy

If w7 is neglected MS won't have near as much to stand on when it comes to garnering public support for their next real OS.

 

[Carl Lawrence]

I have been walking Gracie as usual to-day.

 

[z3r010]

Have you applied for any jobs this week?

 

[Carl Lawrence]

Have you applied for any jobs this week?

Yes I have.

 

[Hopalong X]

I have been walking Gracie as usual to-day.

...then I went back to sleep.

 

[koolkat77]

I have been walking Gracie as usual to-day.

...then I went back to sleep.

 

[x BlueRobot]

I'm going to finally get my e-mail sorted out, and unsubscribe to all the websites or services which I don't use anymore; so may be a while

 

[Carl Lawrence]

Good luck with sorting out your email.

 

[x BlueRobot]

Good luck with sorting out your email.

I've finished it all, for most of the e-mails, Hotmail provided a unsubscribe or block buttion with the additional option of deleting all e-mails from that address, rest of the websites I had log-on and do it manually myself (thankfully changed got a separate e-mail address for my Facebook and Twitter)

Also, this guy from work, keeps wanting me to do his shifts even though I have college in the week, and I wouldn't get the privilege of working when I wanted to either!

 

[FredeGail]

Email subscriptions can be a pain in the butt.

 

[x BlueRobot]

Email subscriptions can be a pain in the butt.

I know, you don't realise how easy it is for companies to try and advertise their products to you, until your inbox become bombarded with junk mail everyday

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Email subscriptions can be a pain in the butt.

I know, you don't realise how easy it is for companies to try and advertise their products to you, until your inbox become bombarded with junk mail everyday

At least it will keep Carl busy even though Gracie may not get out for its daily walks as
often.
An idle mind is a devil's workshop!
Dennis

 

[Joan Archer]

Well I've taken the plunge and ordered a laptop for myself and it will come with Windows 8. The computer I've got now is getting on a bit, it came with Vista but I'll keep using it until it gives up the ghost. I'd been thinking about getting a tablet but looking at the prices for them in my mail order catalogue I thought I might as well get a laptop, OK it's not a top of the range one but it's an Asus with 4 GB of RAM plus the other usual stuff, web cam, WiFi, Bluetooth, Multi DVD drive several ports.
Be back in a bit got to reboot for updates.

 

[x BlueRobot]

Well I've taken the plunge and ordered a laptop for myself and it will come with Windows 8. The computer I've got now is getting on a bit, it came with Vista but I'll keep using it until it gives up the ghost. I'd been thinking about getting a tablet but looking at the prices for them in my mail order catalogue I thought I might as well get a laptop, OK it's not a top of the range one but it's an Asus with 4 GB of RAM plus the other usual stuff, web cam, WiFi, Bluetooth, Multi DVD drive several ports.
Be back in a bit got to reboot for updates.

I have a OEM machine, it lets me do all things I want to do, so I'm very pleased with it to be honest!

I have Windows 7 though, so Windows 8 may be a different story..

 

[Tews]

Well I've taken the plunge and ordered a laptop for myself and it will come with Windows 8. The computer I've got now is getting on a bit, it came with Vista but I'll keep using it until it gives up the ghost. I'd been thinking about getting a tablet but looking at the prices for them in my mail order catalogue I thought I might as well get a laptop, OK it's not a top of the range one but it's an Asus with 4 GB of RAM plus the other usual stuff, web cam, WiFi, Bluetooth, Multi DVD drive several ports.
Be back in a bit got to reboot for updates.

Nothing at all wrong with an Asus! I have one with an i5 650 running at 3.2Ghz. By no means a speed demon, but with 6 GB of RAM, it does all I need it to...

 

[Joan Archer]

To be honest without going back to look I'm not sure if it's 64 or 32 bit machine, I think it's got an Intel Celeron processor. As I said I was really looking first about getting a tablet so I could use it and still be in forums when I'm in the living room but with the price I thought I might as well just get myself a laptop, at least I can do more with that than a tablet.

We'll just have to wait and see what I think of it when it turns up, I just hope it's not Yodel bringing it or there will be hell to pay.

 

[Britton30]

Who/what is Yodel Joan?

Carl Lawrence, does walking Gracie pay well?