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On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:57:33 -0400, H the K
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On 10/8/09 6:52 PM, Tim wrote:
On Oct 8, 5:41 pm, Vic wrote:
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 10:15:40 -0400, Tosk

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Yes, after a very deliberate insinuation that they were "the
internet".
It made many older folks afraid to leave them.. Years ago when I built
computers, I used to put it right in the contract "installing anything
AOL voids the warrantee, period".

My dad's computer was running out of memory when I was down there so I
disabled all the startup items with msconfig.
Think he has 2gb memory.
Didn't bother looking at the list, but it was long.
Probably AOL's fault. But it could be a Bush or Obama doing.

--Vic

If you shut down AOL, occasionally it would stop the shut down so it
could clean out a bunch of it's "artwork" which was a real pig on
memory space.

i wonder how much AOL pays computer mfj's to still pre load AOL on new
machines.

i know there were lots of people crabbing about trying to find a new
machine that didn't have AOL preloaded on it.


I haven't seen a new computer with AOL on it for some years. Even the CD
mailings have stopped.

AOL does not have much proprietary content anymore. They want to be
Google, just selling ads and making the service free.
I think they would be just as happy to get out of the software
business.
I still think the AOL 7 (the version I run) still has the best Email
client around. It beats Thunderbird and all the various microsoft
crap.

That's 'cause you're used to it. I used to have an offline reader for CIS
that did email as well, and I thought *that* was the cat's meeow. Same was
true with ReplayTV, and after 2 years with it, had to learn TIVO when I went
to DirecTV. Now DTV has their own brand of DVR, and since I'm finally used
to it... it's the best. g

All software has it's good an bad. Whatever floats yer boat...

--Mike