I'm glad I use Macs!

[Dick Smith]

It's a problem on networks!

We need to have 'administrator privileges' to change any preferences at all.

[mmaddock]

Yeah, Works is a real pain.

This is the list from my version of OpenOffice - tho there may be add-ons for other formats.

[img]http://www.lefouanglais.co.uk/openoffice.jpg[/img]

[Tresco]

[quote user="Dick Smith"]... I swear that one sent me stuff in Amiga format, or possibly it was Game Boy.

[/quote]

Laugh Out Loud moment there Dick. [;-)]

[Deimos]

Web sites that start to play audio as soon as you browse to their home page really annoy me. However, the idea/concept of a new audio "virus" is quite fascinating. No longer necessary to have geeks sitting writing complex code - just somebody who can speak clearly into a microphone !!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6320865.stm

Ian

[Bugsy]

I'm sure you Mac'ers will like this.

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on.

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated: "If General Motors had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: "If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash........Twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.

4. Occasionally, executing a manoeuvre, such as a left turn, would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5. Apple would make a wonderful car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but could run on only five percent of the roads.

6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.

7. The airbag system would ask, "Are you sure?" before deploying.

8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turn the key and grab hold of the radio antenna.

9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.