{"id":557,"date":"2007-03-05T01:58:54","date_gmt":"2007-03-05T08:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/2007\/03\/05\/newsletter-379-preview-seven-hours-and-counting-a-windows-user-confesses\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T17:08:21","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T00:08:21","slug":"newsletter-379-preview-seven-hours-and-counting-a-windows-user-confesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2007\/03\/newsletter-379-preview-seven-hours-and-counting-a-windows-user-confesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #379 Preview: Seven Hours and Counting: A Windows User Confesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friend Tim was late to personal computers. In recent years, his WebTV unit handled all his email and Web surfing. However, he didn&#8217;t get full-blown a PC right away. 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