{"id":289,"date":"2007-08-15T12:52:03","date_gmt":"2007-08-15T17:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=289"},"modified":"2007-08-15T12:52:03","modified_gmt":"2007-08-15T17:52:03","slug":"august-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/august-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"646\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\">\n   <!-- Date --><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><center><font face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\" color=\"#85b2cc\"><b>AUGUST 2007 NEWSLETTER<\/b><\/font><\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>  <!-- This Month Table  --><br \/>\n    <font face=\"Verdana, sans-serif\"><b>THIS MONTH<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- 1 Article : Height 72  2 Articles: Height 144  3 Articles: Height 216  4 Articles: Height 288 --><\/p>\n<table height=\"216\" width=\"314\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"\/images\/newsletter\/newsentrybg.jpg\">\n<p>      <!-- Up Close First Article --><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"72\" width=\"65\" >\n        <center><a href=\"?p=88\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/newsletter\/vista.gif\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/center>\n      <\/td>\n<td style=\"line-height:11px;\" width=\"230\" valign=\"top\">\n        <font style=\"font-size:10pt;line-height:14pt;\" face=\"Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><br \/>\n        <a href=\"?p=88\"><br \/>\n        <strong>Vista Migration: 4 Months Later<\/strong><\/a><br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p>        <font style=\"font-size:8pt; line-height:11pt;\" face=\"Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><br \/>\n        Has Rob finally warmed up to Vista, or does he yearn for the stability and familiarity of XP? <\/p>\n<p>        <\/font>\n      <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>      <!-- UpClose Second Article --><\/p>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"72\" width=\"65\">\n        <center><a 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