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to: Dave Ings
from: Rich Gauszka
date: 2007-02-15 11:01:16
subject: Re: Vista first look: Bugs and confusion

From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I also read it as consumer pricing complaints. It's not snobbery to
complain about unequal pricing or product unavailability . I wonder if
Microsoft figured the EU penalties into that pricing?


 "Dave Ings"  wrote in message
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> "Gary Britt" 
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>
>> anti-USA euro-trash snobbery into his review.
>
> I didn't read it as anti-USA (are being too sensitive?) I read it as a
> European consumer complaining about yet another instance of hi-tech prices
> being far higher in Europe than in the United States.
>
>> Anyone who can't figure out how to right click on control panel in the
>> start menu and select create shortcut or send to desktop as shortcut
>> isn't worth listening to.
>
> On my two XP installations these entries don't appear on the context menu.
> Mind you ctrl-LMB drag to desktop works just fine to create a shortcut to
> the control panel.
> --
> Regards,
> Dave Ings,
> Toronto, Canada
>
>

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