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1. Comment - Vista Sales Perhaps Not as Dire as Feared

   (Feb 22, 2007 - 3:50 PM)

   I write about 10 or so SAS programs a day in my work as a medical researcher. I've never found a Windows text editor (especially including the SAS editor) as fast, flexible and easy as old DOS programs like PC-Write and List. Every time I have to take my hands off the keyboard I say a silent prayer sending Bill Gates straight to the hearafter. I don't want all the work from my dozen or so projects dumped into MY DOCUMENTS, and I don't want to go looking for output that DOS batch mode automatically puts in the subdirectory I'm working in. So I go to the DOS window, run an old DOS scroller game, break it, and work most of the day in this old DOS mode. It's simply ten times faster than a bunch of frustrating drop-down menus, and easier for me to read. Can I do that in Vista? I need a new notebook but I usually don't give a rat's posterior about upgrades.