Reply #47: Cool

[Polonius9]

I understand the point, sir. OS is not gear. I was simply using "gear" in generic sense to refer to PCs (HP, gateway what have you) with Windows. I tweek the XP anyways, turn off some services/apps. (make sure to turn off the 3rd party browsers box in Tools), turn on some features--add Spybot. There are things I don't care for, of course: the validation crap, the endless service packs, the NTFS partitioning. But at least I can find the IE browser when I turn the box on (ok I can find it on a Mac OS/X too, given a half hour or so; and then I might download a file on Macski--they are soo cute too-- as well, take lunch, and usually it's finished--voila!-- when I return in a hour ;) )