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vw bug - May 26, 2006 4:20:41 am PDT #8172 of 10003

Mostly lurking...

Is there anyway to move contacts from Outlook on one computer to another?

tommyrot - May 26, 2006 4:33:54 am PDT #8173 of 10003

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I don't use Outlook, so I asked my bosses.

Go to File : Import/Export and select "export to file." Then copy that file over to the new computer and do the same thing, except "import" this time.

vw bug - May 26, 2006 4:45:04 am PDT #8174 of 10003

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Weeee! It worked! Thanks!

tommyrot - May 26, 2006 11:35:43 am PDT #8175 of 10003

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time

Rob - May 26, 2006 12:31:48 pm PDT #8176 of 10003

I don't think the the Apple Macintosh Portable deserves to be on that list. While it was quite heavy to be a laptop, it had an excellent screen for the time and ran for eight hours between charges. Not the best portable ever, perhaps, but not close to one of the 25 worst tech products ever.

tommyrot - May 26, 2006 12:35:09 pm PDT #8177 of 10003

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Well, it was a big disappointment for those who were expecting something like the PC laptops out there. Also hella expensive. The first Powerbook (which came out shortly after) was much better.

But, you know, I like mine....

(Except it's one of the non-backlit models - the light has to be just right to read it.)

le nubian - May 26, 2006 12:54:50 pm PDT #8178 of 10003

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I think that WebTV deserved to be in the top 25. Not a "dishonorable mention."

DXMachina - May 26, 2006 1:46:45 pm PDT #8179 of 10003

You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

I think that WebTV deserved to be in the top 25.

My mother will give up her WebTV when you pry it from her cold dead fingers.

Sean K - May 26, 2006 4:37:51 pm PDT #8180 of 10003

You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Okay, interesting article, but what kind of crazy person lists the best/worst of anything in descending order. You have to read the article backwards to get the proper effect.

DCJensen - May 26, 2006 6:03:58 pm PDT #8181 of 10003

All is well that ends in pizza.

Well, it was a big disappointment for those who were expecting something like the PC laptops out there.

Except when it came out there was nothing like the PC laptops out there.

1988 Compaq "Laptop": [link]

1989 also bought the NEC Ultralite, which was wonderfully light, but it was DOS and had a max of 2MB of flash rom and no HD: [link]

Also the same year: The Zenith Minisport: [link] Hardly a competitor.

And the closest is the Compaq LTE, in 1990, IIRC: [link] for the laptop form factor we now know.

It really wasn't much longer before the form factors finally changed.

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