Thread: Running Connect SW on Windows 2000
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Old 04-24-2007, 03:00 PM   #12
kacir
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I have one suggestion. Upgrade to XP from 2K.
Come on ...

Why should I spend aditional hundreds of dollars just to be able to connect a simple device to a PC and upload a few files?

XP offers in comparison with W2k:
Forced activation
Built-in aggresive spyware called WGA
Barbie look that slows the interface down
Resource hogging
Ability to run a very lousy application that has managed to break every GUI guideline in existence - The CONNECT software

At home I very, very rarely boot Windows anyway, because FreeBSD is my system of choice.
I have used Connect SW to delete the junk that came loaded on my Reader. For transfering the files to the Reader I use memory card plus card reader that can work under FreeBSD, Linux W98 and even OSX. I will use Connect SW once more to spend my $50 credit and that will be it. Period.

At work, I had to update from Windows 98 to Windows 2000 in order to be able to run latest Autocad and other SW. Why should I make my [relatively old] computer run even slower by installing XP?
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