h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Czech it out, it's a racing term.

I think Vista probably needs 3GB memory, for a fast computer. But, the fastest DIMM comes in 2GB or even 4GB packs. My pc has only 2GB of ram, but I am on XP first edtion home, UPDATING takes a week. It can only see up to 3GB, hence the 2GB.

XP 64 professional can see 8GB, but I don't need it with XP home, my pc is fast enough.

However in a couple of years XP will suffer dementure, courtesy of M$, then the new op should be available, I think called explorer.

Maybe the collapsing version of explorer will be called Imploder.

And Macs will carry on with iPlod!

If Internet Explorer ever merges with Mozilla, will they call the parent company Microzilla?

Mo' Soft would be cool

And will Apple merge with Orange some day?

Jab

What will happen to firefox if they merge with M$, will we have to put up with quirks and paid for browsers.

No, you just switch to Opera.

I can remember having to pay for Opera, or was it Netscape. This is very worrying if true, firefox is developing into a very fine browser.

M$ took over an antivirus company I can't remember the name of, from it they developed 'Defender' which is a mutation of what the company developed, with the difference that it doesn't work as effectively. It has only a one way firewall.

Opera used to be paid, but hasn't been for years!

i stopped updating xp and programs on my pc. why change a winning team?

If I understand correctly, Netscape became Firefox at some point.

Definately

I have fond memories of Netscape, it would open pages that IE failed on.
This was around the time that Interpals had a very popular but tempremental chatroom. Netscape coped best.

The library I work in used Netscape up until about 2000, when it shifted to IE.

Am I the only person in the world who HASN'T - ever - used IE?

Um, no. I'm guessing that most of the world's population HASN'T - ever - used a computer!

I doubt that Apple users have. Unless things have changed for the worse.

Jab