> > ah, one small advantage for web-tv. NO pop-ups. no getting booted off-line, either. & for someone computer-illiterate like me, not half as intimidating. :)
>
> I am also a webtv user. There are a number of disavantages too!
> The most important one for me, is I cannot join in at Rinkchat!
> I cannot download anything, and can only listen to wave files!
> But not having to worry about viruses and pop-ups has its merits
> Ar"read the Forum every day to stay informed"ley

Thank goodness for Mozilla and Linux. Mozilla comes with a (very good) embedded pop-up blocker, and there are very few Linux viruses, compared to Microsoft standards, so those problems are pretty much nonexistent for me, too.

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