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10-08-2007, 08:07 PM #1
What's next? A half iron?
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10-08-2007, 08:14 PM #2
Don't whine
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Yeah, there's the idea!
Originally Posted by kelownagirl
Trade it in for a Mac?
Knot-liiiiiikes-her-Mac"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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10-08-2007, 08:21 PM #3
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10-08-2007, 08:22 PM #4
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Chris has XP with a Linux emulator called Cygwin.
I agree with dumping Vista for XP, until ALLLLLL the Vista bugs are gone. Chris says that Linux is more secure/less likely to be hacked, but requires more geek-y type work than Windows, though."My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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10-08-2007, 08:49 PM #5
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Macs really run on a Linux platform these days
"Sharing the road means getting along, not getting ahead" - 1994 Washington State Driver's Guide
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10-08-2007, 09:02 PM #6
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Linux is good.
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10-08-2007, 09:53 PM #7
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I'll chime in too...... M-A-C
'nuf said."Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart...Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens." Carl Jung
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10-09-2007, 02:05 AM #8
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MAC isn't an option for me and I don't have the ability to do geek-y type work... Originally Posted by salsabike
I do have an unstalled upgrade to Vista sitting on my dresser. I'm not afraid of bugs, but whether or not it will impact the operation of my existing programs (like Word, Excel, etc)
So, for me the question is XP or Vista upgrade...what do you think?If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers
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10-09-2007, 03:52 AM #9
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I'm running Vista since my school is "upgrading" everything to Vista and Office 2007. It is OK, but I would not run with less than 2GB of RAM, preferably with 3 or 4GB. I have 4Gb on my laptop and the minimum configuration at school comes with 3GB. I would definitely stick to XP if I did not have to upgrade.
Vista makes connecting to networks more obscure to me, it has a few niceties, but in general it is not a substantial change. It is a bit of a pain with some software that has not been updated for Vista (for example, SAS), forcing one to install and run in WinXP compatibility mode as an administrator. It won't affect Office 2003, but if you upgrade to Office 2007, there is a learning curve: the programs look very different. And then there is the "65535" display bug in Excel... multiplying 850*77.1 results in 100,000, not 65535. It is only a display error (if you use the result in another calculation, the result will be correct), but it makes me wonder what else is broken.
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10-09-2007, 03:58 AM #10
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I've been running Vista at home for months now, probably since about April. Yes, it does take a little adjusting at first, but I really like it.
So - I'd recommend giving it a chance.
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10-09-2007, 04:48 AM #11
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I have Vista on my newest desktop. I've gotten used to it, but really don't care for it. But as time moves along, newer programs will require it so I'm hanging with it.
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