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HAPPY BIRTHDAY WINDOWS ! ! ! ! ! !

I switched from a Franklin computer running Dos. 1.0 to an IBM computer with Dos 3.0 about a month after Windows came out. A HUGE improvement in my computing experience. I made out like a bandit when I sold my two year old Franklin. I put an adv in the newspaper and a man came to my house that was willing and able to pay me nearly what I paid for it new because he already had a Franklin (same model) and wanted another for his son. I felt a little like a theif but he knew what he was doing and said the price was fine. He dabbled in programming and wanted two computers that were alike to experiment with.. About that time a computer store near me sold computers with plastic tops so you could look inside and see all the electronics. No moving parts so I couldn't see what the attraction for that was but "some" people bought them. My recollection of my first experience with Windows was that it was a fun "toy" and didn't really see much functionality to benefit me. Other than evolving into a reliable and easy to use OS I have little reason to have more than one window open at a time. Sometimes I have two windows when I balance my checkbook but that is just about the only time. Those were the days when Microsoft provided a full and incremental backup program with the one version they were selling, built in, and were still able to bundle lots of neat extras with the package. I don't like the fact that in order to have a full backkup of my Vista Home Premium I have to use a third party program. Or dump it and buy a more expensive version of Windows. I don't have the patience or ability to learn programming myself so I'll continue to look to Windows for my OS. A good friend of my sister and brother in law is a programmer (and a member of mensa) and he encouraged me to give it a try. I signed up for a class in programming at Miami Dade Communty College a few years ago and was totally lost after the third class and had to drop out. Sorry if my rambling bored anyone, but if anyone read this far and are bored or unhappy with my rambling it's your own fault. You could have skipped my comment and gone on to another at any time.