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I just got a new laptop with Vista. So far, so good. There was a ton of crap programs on the machine but it wasn't too difficult to get rid of. Vista is definitely a memory hog, but memory for the new laptops is really cheap these days.
Is that something related to Gateway?
I just got a new laptop with Vista. So far, so good. There was a ton of crap programs on the machine but it wasn't too difficult to get rid of. Vista is definitely a memory hog, but memory for the new laptops is really cheap these days.
I just finished setting up a PC for a friend last week. It's also a Dell and it was delivered with Vista. It's a pretty powerful model with 2 GB of RAM lots of HDD and the fastest dual core they are offering right now.
For what he will use it I have little doubt that he'll be happy with it (writing in MS Word, Internet surfing, e-mail and sorting out his CD collection). He really like things like the gadget that shows the RSS feeds and the clock (!?). Generally Vista is cute, so I guess it's OK.
But in all honesty, to do that stuff you shouldn't have to buy a machine that can render 3D animations on XP faster than my 2 years old dual P4 workstation. It's way over the top and that fact alone makes me hate Vista.
I also don't like how difficult it is to get the bloody OS to behave the way I want it and how it keeps forcing MS stuff on you. I also know a couple of companies who had huge problems because they wanted to integrate the new Vista PCs into their existing network and keep their existing applications.
Now we've been through this many times before and we'll all end up with Vista sooner or later (I'll probably be in the later category), but at the moment the safe choice is still XP. It's a bit of "better the devil you know" and the shear amount of bugs in Vista can seriously mess with you if your living depends on your computer.
Oh and Kori, tell that husband of yours () to get you the best anti virus, anti spyware and firewall software. If anybody needs those its you with the hours you spend online
(and surfing those shaddy shoe webstores all the time
).
If it wasn't for MS manipulating the system, software developers would have been more likely to write programs for open-software (i.e. Linux) O.S., and operating systems would be free today.....
Kori, the reason your computer is so fast is because you haven't had time to load it up with your 15,000 files per directory and no subdirectories.
I already did thatI uploaded them (not all of them) and then downloaded them onto my new computer. By the way ... I do have some subdirectories.
Congrats Kori!
Vista can go suck it.
I'm going to have to upgrade one of these centuries to a new machine, mostly so I can have a second laptop to travel with.
It wont have Vista.
Or the thread le.
So that means I guess you won't be needing your old one anymore right? I'm sure your one before this one is ten times better than my crap.
what did LJ get for himself?
Her old one...
My old one is set up right next to me
He is going to get a computer similar to this one. We got just one to make sure that we liked it first.
Kori sell me your old pc. I have a new airless sprayer and I bought Kim's car from her (thanks to a loan from crazyone) you need any work done at your house?
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Mouse I'm not selling it yet - I just have it set up next to me and I'm using both. I'll let you know if/when I get done with it.
my lap top just running idle, nothing running at all... it takes about 1.1-1.2 gigs of memory outta 2. it's ridiculous.
Just had some goofiness with Vista while trying to install a printer that is connected to an XP machine over the home network. Found an easy fix, but it's the kind of thing that would make a typical user throw the laptop against a wall.
You might have a lot of other stuff running too. My laptop uses a little over half a gig when it's idle. I got rid of some of the prettiness of the GUI -- maybe that had something to do with it.
Vista is horrible. Maybe in a couple years, when 4-8 Gigs of Ram is the standard it will be considered an acceptable OS, but it is junk right now.
We've really reached a great point with PCs now. You can afford a great computer with a big monitor for well under $1000 now, as long as you are not a gamer.
I like mine to be WAY under $1000. But I'm no gamer.
Depends on your display size.
Yes. I still use an old bulky monitor.
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