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"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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On Oct 30, 7:51 am, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:54:23 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 06:24:20 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:
The reason I have started to think about this is I have a Win XP
Duo
Core processor with 2GB of Ram, and I am amazed at how slow
Photoshop
CS3 loads, especially when I compare the speed of Photoshop CS3
running
on an older Mac
I have 4 Gb and noticed the same thing. A video app I have is even
slower, but comes right up on a Mac at Mrs. Wave's school machine.
I am thinking about reformatting my hard drive and reinstalling WinXP
with just the software we currently run. My daughters have a
tendency
to download an install new software just to check it out. Windows
does
not do a good job completely uninstalling the software.
I don't have that problem anymore. I don't play games on this
computer, I regularly update and clean out the cookies and clean the
registries every once in a while. I'm running the pro version of XP -
whatever that is and I have enough processor speed and memory for just
about anything.
I used to give my kids the old computer whenever I purchased a new one.
That way they could play games and would not screw up my machine.
That didn't work because the old machine would not run the new games.
I
then started giving my old machine to my mother who only used it for
email and the internet. She soon got tired of using an old computer
and
purchased a new low end model. I am now giving away my old machine to
neighbors or a community center who gives them to kids who can't afford
a computer.

I am considering giving away my new laptop with Vista and getting a
Mac or buying an older second hand laptop with XP

Why don't you just reformat the hard drive and install XP?

Bingo! If Vista is not to my sons liking I will buy a WinXP Home retail
package ($80 on the net), reformat it and install that OS. He will be
giving it a go while home and will make the decision.

So how does it feel to be charged twice for an OS?