Windows XP or Vista ???
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Originally Posted by glc
F%$# Vista - I'm still running Win2K, if it ain't broke, don't fix it........
Lumadar, you got PM.
If you see this before you PM me back, tell me about the price match thing....
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Originally Posted by dzervit
Don't listen to this guy. The differences between 98 and Vista are huge, and the beta program and testing on Vista was vastly superior. ...
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Originally Posted by dennisfranz
He wasn't saying to stay with W98. LOL
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I tried Vista for a little while and ended up deleting it. I had Home Premium, btw. It was OK, I just didnt like it. So I went back to XP. Why not just install MacOS on your new laptop too and have the functionality of two computers in one. That's what I did.
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Originally Posted by Bartak1
Sumbish, all the rebates and chit that had me turned on to Dell are pretty much gone.
Inspiron 1520 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition
System Color Jet Black
Memory 3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
LCD Panel Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)
Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
Hard Drive Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.08
Combo or DVD+RW Drive CD writer / DVD player (Combo Drive)
Sound Card ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi® Xtreme Audio Sound Card
Wireless Networking Cards Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card
Camera No Webcam Option
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Security Subscription (30-day trial)
Battery Options 85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options 2Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor, 24x7 Phone Support
Dell On Call No Dell On Call
CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service Add Accidental Damage and LoJack Theft Protection to 2Yr Warr.
Dial-Up Internet Access No ISP requested
Digital Media Editing Software Roxio Creator 9.0 Premier - Ultimate Burn/Authoring
Miscellaneous Inspiron 1520
Doms Camera Module Jet Black color w/o Camera
Processor Branding Intel® Core™2 Duo Label
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium
DataSafe Online Backup Free 3 GB Online Backup for 1Yr
Sub total:$1,921.00
1900 bucks....ehhh, about 2 weeks ago when I was figuring chit I could gotten it for about 1300.
Inspiron 1520 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition
System Color Jet Black
Memory 3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
LCD Panel Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)
Video Card 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
Hard Drive Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.08
Combo or DVD+RW Drive CD writer / DVD player (Combo Drive)
Sound Card ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi® Xtreme Audio Sound Card
Wireless Networking Cards Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card
Camera No Webcam Option
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Security Subscription (30-day trial)
Battery Options 85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options 2Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor, 24x7 Phone Support
Dell On Call No Dell On Call
CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service Add Accidental Damage and LoJack Theft Protection to 2Yr Warr.
Dial-Up Internet Access No ISP requested
Digital Media Editing Software Roxio Creator 9.0 Premier - Ultimate Burn/Authoring
Miscellaneous Inspiron 1520
Doms Camera Module Jet Black color w/o Camera
Processor Branding Intel® Core™2 Duo Label
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium
DataSafe Online Backup Free 3 GB Online Backup for 1Yr
Sub total:$1,921.00
1900 bucks....ehhh, about 2 weeks ago when I was figuring chit I could gotten it for about 1300.
For that kind of money you can get a mac with a much better OS IMHO. the actual Tiger has almost 2 years since release and don't have any problem since installed march/06
In 2 more mothe APPLE is going to release a new OS if you want to wait as i'll do.
PD. By the way. The almost 2 years old MAC OS Tiger is prety much like a windows VISTA. If you want to have the next Microsoft OS a year earlier just buy a MAC
Last edited by artgarcia; Aug 20, 2007 at 11:18 PM. Reason: Add a PD.
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Originally Posted by artgarcia
For that kind of money you can get a mac with a much better OS IMHO. the actual Tiger has almost 2 years since release and don't have any problem since installed march/06
In 2 more mothe APPLE is going to release a new OS if you want to wait as i'll do.
PD. By the way. The almost 2 years old MAC OS Tiger is prety much like a windows VISTA. If you want to have the next Microsoft OS a year earlier just buy a MAC
In 2 more mothe APPLE is going to release a new OS if you want to wait as i'll do.
PD. By the way. The almost 2 years old MAC OS Tiger is prety much like a windows VISTA. If you want to have the next Microsoft OS a year earlier just buy a MAC
I tell ya, I hear some good stuff about Mac, but I finally went to an Apple store one day and was lost
I dont think I could figure out how to run a Mac if my life depended on it.
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From: Kentucky
Originally Posted by CrAz3D
I thought older was better? He should get Windows 3.1
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Originally Posted by Bartak1
I tell ya, I hear some good stuff about Mac, but I finally went to an Apple store one day and was lost I dont think I could figure out how to run a Mac if my life depended on it.
I dont think I could figure out how to run a Mac if my life depended on it.
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Originally Posted by glc
F%$# Vista - I'm still running Win2K, if it ain't broke, don't fix it........
Being in the SW bidness, I will agree that W2K is the most stable OS MS has ever offered. I personally know one of the co-devleopers that wrote it. Its very solid but soon to be EOL and not supported.
XP Pro is also very stable NOW.
Ok here's goes my rant. Vista doesn't suck as bad as it did a month ago and I suspect in about a year, it'll be nice. It has cuased me a ton of compatabilty isssies but I can honestly say, it gets better with each hot fix.
you can still get XP on Dell boxes but there's a trick....don't buy them from the end user site, call in and talk to the business side and you will still get XP Pro.
If you get a Vista box, do not attpempt to format it and reload with XP, your world will offically end if you do that.
Will I get another Visat box? Not anytime soon. I have 5 machines running right now, 1 vista for testing, 1 W2K and 3 XP-P's.
My next machine will be a Mac. (did I just freaking type that? )
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From: Mount Airy,MD
Some interesting write ups on Vista.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=261
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/conte...ows_me_ii.html
Yes Vista has been unofficially dubbed ME2.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=261
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/conte...ows_me_ii.html
Yes Vista has been unofficially dubbed ME2.
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RR, Win2K was a PITA until it got a couple service packs under its belt - just like ANY M$ operating system in recent history. I agree, XP is very stable - NOW.
I went from 95 OSR2 to NT4 Workstation - then to 2K when SP2 came out. I'm not planning the next upgrade till I have a good reason to. All my s/w runs fine on 2k and I haven't had to reformat it in 6 years. Like I said - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Heck - if my software all ran on NT and if its plug and play wasn't a joke, I'd prolly still be using it.
I went from 95 OSR2 to NT4 Workstation - then to 2K when SP2 came out. I'm not planning the next upgrade till I have a good reason to. All my s/w runs fine on 2k and I haven't had to reformat it in 6 years. Like I said - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Heck - if my software all ran on NT and if its plug and play wasn't a joke, I'd prolly still be using it.
