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but if I can avoid that phone call by sticking with an older product, I will


I've had to do this twice now, and it literally takes less than a minute or two. No hold time...just a real person answering the phone, and writing down a number.

<tony scolding mode>
Let's be honest...the reason you're not upgrading probably has nothing to do with a one minute phone call on rare occasions. The massive numbers of testimonials of XP's superiority are overwhelming, evidenced both on this BBS and in the tech world at large. Your reticence probably has more to do with a comfort zone you're not willing to move beyond. Be careful...as someone that works in the tech industry, that can mean bad things for your future.</tony scolding mode>

Then again...lest the pot call the kettle black, I continue to gravitate toward the older technologies, languages, etc, that I'm comfortable with too. I only upraded to XP from my tweaked out Win98 SE box about a year and a half ago. No regrets here. Please do not interpret the above as a personal attack.
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