Originally posted by: Camus2
Just so you know, Sadhu, I wasn't really complaining about smoothing the type in 98. I said that the font looked "funny" kind a stretched out, etc... meaning I'm still dealing with the resolution issues that I said I was just going to screw around with. "Screw around" because any combination of things produces different results. The idea of clear type was just a randomn suggestion and I responded with pretty much a rhetorical question "tht's an XP thing, right?" Instead of saying "Dude, that's XP. I just told you I don't have XP yet." Why did I know that - because I did search it on the internet. All the questions I ask are only after I search on the internet.
I appreciate you not wanting to hear goofy questions, but believe me Google is my home page and I use it a couple hundred times a day if not more.
Camus2,
Goofy questions are your right to ask. You can ask whatever you like. I wasn't trying to suggest refrain from asking anything goofy. Reading through the threads of this forum, you'll find people use it to not only ask goofy questions or but to VENT their frustrations, announce their orders, or their order status. Or, they ask questions or make statements that not only seem but are totally unrelated to the thread. Sometimes people are chewed out for this. I wish that didn't happen, not only because I've also been guilty of wandering from the thread, but because it would be nicer if we were all just nicer and made people feel more ... well welcome. The fact is that people LIKE to VENT or to take out their frustrations, and one needs to expect it will happen (especially from younger and more "rebelious" amongst us). People use the forum for what they NEED to use it for, and if we are all excepting of that, in the end, we'll get along better. Still, it would be nicer if people didn't chew other people out as much, and were simply more considerate of others feelings. Like I said, it would be nicer if everyone made others feel ... welcome here.
My whole reason for suggesting Google was that I thought in the end, it would be better for YOU if you used Google for some of your questions (glad to hear it's your home page). Your question about Win 98 and Cleartype was available in the first page of Google search for Win 98 and Cleartype. I was merely trying to suggest that if you used Google more often, you wouldn't NEED the forum for such things (not that you shouldn't bother the forum members with such questions. Bother away all you need to!). I was just thinking that YOU would better off by using Google or other search and research mechanisms. Lots of times, I've noticed that people ask questions in this forum that are easily answered by a Google search. But then, it's everyone's right to use the forum as they see fit (as it's everyone's forum). So I usually keep my mouth shut about making the suggestion to use Google, or that Google would have answered the question. I apologize to you if I made you feel that you shouldn't have asked that question. I didn't mean to do that.
Yeah, XP. You should get it as soon as you can. Win 98 works, but just barely. Microsoft couldn't make it work, and it took them far too long to abandon it. They have, but only after too many people suffered unduely. Many techs at Microsoft don't remember how to support it (some never did), and that's true of a majority of techs around the country, even in some of the best call centers (like IBM, where training and knowlegebases are better than the norm). Using 98 is a bit like launching a lifeboat with a big hole in the hull. You might float for awhile, but when the weather kicks up, it's goin' down! Anyone who's stayed with that ship in view of the improvements in XP ... well, you get the idea.
Cleartype, by the way, works very VERY well on the Dell 2005FP (as well as 2001FP). I didn't really understand what all the hoopla was when I used my CRT. Now that I have these Dell monitors, I can see why people raved about the technology. It's really great, and makes reading text a joy.