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Up To Their Old Tricks

OK I lied. I downloaded IE8 and installed it today. I had hopes that it would go quicker than IE7 — which cost me 25 minutes of my life plus 2 reboots — but noooooo:

• Download IE8: 5 minutes (16MB)

• Install IE8: 5 minutes (I think I can! I think I can! I think …)

• Restart (mandatory)

• Download and install required Windows update (.NET Framework 3.5 blah-blah-blah): 20 minutes (248MB … Oy!)

• Restart again (mandatory)

There you have it: 30 minutes, plus 2 restarts. Sure makes Firefox’s 7MB file/5 minute install look reeeeeeal attractive, non?

I need to play with IE8 to see how good it is. But right now I’m in a pissy mood because of the install, so I’ll wait.

Full post as published by Jenkins Webblits on March 20, 2009 (boomark / email).