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To: IanBruce who wrote (10383)	3/29/1998 2:26:00 PM
From: Alomex	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213176

Me: I spend, literally, 99% of the time running apps, and 1% installing new apps and/or hardware. Ian: I believe you - provided the apps you're running include uninstallers, anti-virus, drive utilities, and full Windows re-installation. No at all. Even if we are to assume that all installations are disasters you still come out with a 99% to 1% figure. You see, I install a new application/hardware every three months on the average. Let us assume that every single time the installation goes awry and that I end up spending the entire day changing IRQs, reinstalling Windows or calling tech support. Since I use my computer seven days a week. This means that out of every 100 days I spend using it, in the worst case one day installing software/hardware and fidling with the OS. I think it was the head of Gateway who said the Windows users waste 27% of their time fiddling with their OS. Yes he was. I pointed out at the time that 78% of all statistics are made up.