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Regards

Pete

Chatfield, Matthew wrote:

You still need to keep IE for some purposes, although often these are purposes which you don't see as IE (for example, looking at thumbnails of photos in your folders). So don't try to uninstall it, you can't anyway. You can use Firefox as an alternative browser, and the bits of IE that you still need to run windows can just stay in the background.

There are still some websites that insist on IE, although these are now very few, and for this I use a Firefox extension called 'IE View' which means that these sites automatically open in IE if needed.

Good luck with your new toy!

-----Original Message-----

From: James Dunn [mailto:James.Dunn@xxxxxxx.gov.uk]

Sent: 03 January 2006 13:14

To: UK Tree Care
Subject: RE: Firefox, P.C's, Macs etc.


Afternoon,

One for any budding Bill Gates' out there; Having just got a shiny new laptop 
for xmas, I notice that a number of programmes all state that explorer is 
required to run any web based components. Will these programmes still run the 
appropriate bits on firefox?

Also, does anyone know of any good basic guides / books for learning how to use AutoCAD 2000 LT?

Cheers

James Dunn
Tree Protection Officer
(01384 814127)
james.dunn@xxxxxxx.gov.uk

-----Original Message-----
From: tca.uk@xxxxxxxxx.co.uk [mailto:tca.uk@xxxxxxxxx.co.uk]
Sent: 03 January 2006 13:03
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: Firefox, P.C's, Macs etc.


As one of only 5 people in Britain who run Macs (it often

feels like that anyway...)

I'd say try out Firefox, or, migrate over to Mac and buy a

new, shiny and utterly cool iMac G5 and get Safari-which is

Macs version

of Explorer (?!).

Yes, loads of hassle with Macs to exchange files and open

attachments etc. You soon get used to it, and it becomes easier with

time. Also, it's worth it to see the look on the oiks face in

P.C. World when he tries to sell you ANOTHER P.C. virus

upgrade, which,

of course, you don't need....

BUT, speaking as a totally non-tecchie - in nearly 3 years,

No viruses, Trojans, Worms etc. (that I'm aware of) and the

equivalent of

about a cubic metre of extra office space available to fill

with other junk, as I don't have that bleedin enormous grey

box that all

p.c.'s seem to need.

You soon get used to the Mac, and if you buy the Student

version of Office for Mac (£80), it does what the p.c. does

too, without

crashing and becoming virused....

This is whats called "an unsolicited testimonial".......

Happy New Year all.....

Dave

David Harris.

Tree Care Associates.
Hampshire.


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