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ChiangMai noon

^
does it incorporate bookmarks when you upgrade to a new version?

taking ages for me too, 20 minutes apparently.

kingwilly

Sheesh.

learn to export to a CSV file.

takes 37.32 seconds.

ChiangMai noon

what's that then?

and how come firefox gives you the option to incorporate your explorer bookmarks but not previous firefox versions?

lom

From the mozilla web:
Before installing, make sure your computer meets the system requirements.

Now what results do you expect to get from a 6 year old computer

kingwilly

oh just checked, explorer saves it as a CSV file (comma separated values) or excel style file.

FF - go to Bookmarks menu

choose Organise bookmarks

from new window that pops up, choose file menu

export

this will save your bookmarks as a html file

new or updated FF version

same method but this time import that same file.

finished.

melvbot

If youre upgrading from 3.0.3 to 3.0.4 you shouldnt have to do anything for the bookmarks. If its FF2 to FF3 you might have to.

melvbot

This is old hat if you use Safari or Google Chrome but the 3.1 Firefox will have tear away tabs, pull a tab from the bar and drop it outside for a new window.

Firefox 3.1 gets tab tearing - Mozilla Links

Camel Toe

There are loads of FF tweaks too, they're semi-easy to do. Fast Video Download is good as well, like the FF download helper but less fuss. I kinda like the FlagFox. Damn if just about all the servers aren't in the USA. Wonder why that is. Keyscrambler is a good one to have I guess.

ChiangMai noon

I know the age of my computer offends you lom but it's a fine working machine.

lots of new bits too, new hard drives, power supply, ram.

does the trick and I shan't replace it until absolutely necessary, especially since ubuntu has breathed into it a very new lease of life.

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lom

^ Offends me? No way
Try with amuse instead

You may have gotten a new life into it but it is only a partly new life if it chokes on current
software releases and you have to stick with 2-3 year old versions.

ChiangMai noon

might buy myself a new one for christmas and leave this one as a torrent machine/storage device.

reckon i can pick up something nice for under 12,000.

lom

I agree that you can pick up something for around 12000. But nice?

That's £240 , what would you expect to get for that money in England?

I bought my son a new computer this spring.
An HP/Compaq from Tesco.
Descent performance and a 19" widescreen LCD included.
20000 Baht was a good price, the price being so low because HP/Compaq wanted to clear stock.

Buying too cheap means buying into the past so the remaining life of the item
is shortened.

melvbot

All depends on what you use your computer for. If youre an avid gamer then you have to keep bumping the specs to run the games. If youre just surfing, using word or basic photo stuff its not quite as important. People still run Windows 98 FFS. Tools for the job.

You can get a complete package for £199.99 in the UK just over 10,000bt

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ChiangMai noon

quite.

i have no interest in gaming on my pc.

that's why they invented the playstation and the xbox.

Marmite the Dog

You could've still got a higher performance machine if you had it built from off the shelf parts though.

lom

I reckon the 19" widescreen LCD is worth around 6000 baht so that leaves 14000
for the computer.
It would be difficult to find equal quality parts for that money.

You can of course always buy a 1500 baht chingaling motherboard and believe that
it is of same quality as an Intel board.

Marmite the Dog

Hard to say without you posting the specs, but as you said it was cheap because it was old stock, it is therefore likely to not be that 'pokey'. If it was the latest model you'd pay the usual premium just for having a nice badge on the case.

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lom

^Intel motherboard, 1Gb RAM, Intel Core 2 duo cpu but only 2.3 Ghz.
Seagate SATA harddisk but only 160Gb.

The availability of faster cpu's and bigger harddisk made this unit a wee bit old.
The lifespan is short for a producer, they wanted to get rid of what they had
in stock otherwise they would not had sold it through a food chain.

I consider it as a good buy, a good entry level system for the son.

My own computers cost a couple of times more and they are built from shelf parts .

ChiangMai noon

if i get a new pc, what processor has a longer life?

Marmite the Dog

I'm not saying it wasn't a decent machine, just that it would be cheaper to buy the components yourself and build the thing at home, which it would.