Windows--98, 2000, ME, XP???
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Oh, and back to the original point of this thread, I have definitively decided that if I get a PC, I will get XP (home version). I have no current PC software (it all belongs to my current employer), so I might as well go along with the mighty flow of Microsoft.
I have also decided that if I get a PC, it will be the high end model of the new R series that IBM just announced this month.
Now, my only decision before I go to sleep is whether to buy the Mac that is in the last 2 hours of an online auction.
I have also decided that if I get a PC, it will be the high end model of the new R series that IBM just announced this month.
Now, my only decision before I go to sleep is whether to buy the Mac that is in the last 2 hours of an online auction.
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Our mac guy has just as many problems to repair as our PC guys. Their hardware fails at the same rate and the software has to get reloaded after it gets corrupted just like the PCs. Back when IBM came out with desktop PC's, they sold them for about 1500 bucks to saturate the market. Apples were 2500 bucks. Apples only cost 600 bucks to make at the time. The rest was profit. They assumed that since their product was so much more user friendly, with the GUI interface and Post Script licensed from Adobe, their what you see is what you get on the printer,that people would spend the extra money. Well, bean counters rule the world and the rest is history. The reason that Apple lost the martket to IBM was due to their own arrogance and greed. They should have saturated the market like VHS did to BETA. If they would have done this, right now we all would have been sitting around waiting for our macs to finish our post on Tractorbynet so that we could then switch back to our solitiare program, because until Mac os X, we couldn't multi task. I don't care for Apple or Microsoft or Motorola or Intel. I just have to go with the flow and get something done at work. Today, if I was going to buy a laptop for home use, I would get the third fastest Intel PIII, 128M of RAM, Windows XP Professional, the largest hard drive, a CD-RW and the biggest display I could afford. Hope this helps. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
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(but I'd get a dvd drive and add an external cdrw)
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by huckflynn on 10/26/01 09:35 AM (server time).</FONT></P>
(but I'd get a dvd drive and add an external cdrw)
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by huckflynn on 10/26/01 09:35 AM (server time).</FONT></P>
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Scruffy,
I was thinking that if he bought as one package, it should work fine. These retailers like Dell, Micron and Gateway do a pretty good job of ensuring all the device are compatible.
However, I do agree that if Bird starts upgrading hardware there may be problems.
Buck
I was thinking that if he bought as one package, it should work fine. These retailers like Dell, Micron and Gateway do a pretty good job of ensuring all the device are compatible.
However, I do agree that if Bird starts upgrading hardware there may be problems.
Buck
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Buck, by all reports, XP is a very stable O/S. It is when you get into the privacy issues that it falls apart (my opinion also), but that can be tightened up with a good firewall, and by NOT using Micro$hafts Passport program. That is an affront to everyone, and a direct attack upon your privacy in itself.
Upgrades? The average user won't be doing upgrades to their computers, they will run the same thing until forced to buy or upgrade due to incompatibilities between software and hardware. XP is built so that anything past a year or two in age is NOT compatible with it, hence a new computer OR upgrade your existing computer to be compliant. Any failing part...and new computers have that problem as well...necessitates re-initing your software through Micro$haft...(pain in hiney). The new Office XP has been known to come up with the message that the machine that it is started on, is NOT the machine it was originally installed on.
??? same machine, just a few weeks older...but still left user w/o program to use UNTIL Re-Initing with Micro$haft. IF a person wishes to use XP, I would suggest give it a year before trying...give M$ a chance to eliminate some of the bugs.
Personally, all my machines are slowly moving away from Windows in any form. It's just a matter of time until the family is all up to speed with Mandrake Linux.
Upgrades? The average user won't be doing upgrades to their computers, they will run the same thing until forced to buy or upgrade due to incompatibilities between software and hardware. XP is built so that anything past a year or two in age is NOT compatible with it, hence a new computer OR upgrade your existing computer to be compliant. Any failing part...and new computers have that problem as well...necessitates re-initing your software through Micro$haft...(pain in hiney). The new Office XP has been known to come up with the message that the machine that it is started on, is NOT the machine it was originally installed on.
??? same machine, just a few weeks older...but still left user w/o program to use UNTIL Re-Initing with Micro$haft. IF a person wishes to use XP, I would suggest give it a year before trying...give M$ a chance to eliminate some of the bugs.
Personally, all my machines are slowly moving away from Windows in any form. It's just a matter of time until the family is all up to speed with Mandrake Linux.
Mossroad,
I concur with your desired profile, with one exception.
I just bought 512 Megs of RAM for my Dell Inspiron 5000 for a mere $90! I could hardly believe it. So, memory is so cheap today that there is no reason not to go ahead and get the 512 RAM, which will make a substantial difference in performance.
My favorite memory source is Crucial (actually Micron, one of the largest memory manufacturers out there.) http://www.crucial.com. They'll have the best price, a terrific "selector", and free FedEx 2 day. Tough to beat for a good memory deal, IMO.
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I concur with your desired profile, with one exception.
I just bought 512 Megs of RAM for my Dell Inspiron 5000 for a mere $90! I could hardly believe it. So, memory is so cheap today that there is no reason not to go ahead and get the 512 RAM, which will make a substantial difference in performance.
My favorite memory source is Crucial (actually Micron, one of the largest memory manufacturers out there.) http://www.crucial.com. They'll have the best price, a terrific "selector", and free FedEx 2 day. Tough to beat for a good memory deal, IMO.
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BobT, there are several good internet sites where you can buy quality RAM at 34.50 up for 512MB. A couple months back, I bought 1024 MB (2X512MB modules) for 66 bucks. It is still available, but I am referring to PC133 SDRAM memory.
Scruffy,
My memory is for a PCIII 750 mhz, and a laptop on top of that --- factors that make it more expensive. You can get 512 megs for some desktops for real, real cheap. I am pretty sure Crucial will be among the lowest you'll find.
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My memory is for a PCIII 750 mhz, and a laptop on top of that --- factors that make it more expensive. You can get 512 megs for some desktops for real, real cheap. I am pretty sure Crucial will be among the lowest you'll find.
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BobT, that is why I included what TYPE it was, I know some types of memory get more expensive! Laptops, being laptops, can get so, as well as proprietary types of memory, as they have you over a barrel. You are limited to an item produced in a much smaller quantity, and a much more limited usage.
