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June 1997 / Inbox / Another View

Windows 95 is a black hole into which we throw support time. The system tempts us with no-brain automatic setup and then makes us pay with endless reinstallations of software components that can't be fixed in any other way. Then, just when we think we'll scream if we see another hourglass, we find that the system is so confused that there's no option but to scrap the entire installation and start again from scratch. And that, when it includes preservation of current data and reconfiguration of all reinstalled applications, means a full working day.

Peter Chandler
The Technology Partnership
pc@techprt.co.uk

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