"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
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I know some people will not believe this, but this is the God's honest
truth.

I just got an email from my son. I told him I would purchase him a new
laptop when he starts his post graduate work next fall. I had been
reviewing the laptops in the marketplace, and decided on Lenovo, MACPRO
was just too damn expensive. Lenovo build a first class, dependable
computer very popular business and professionals because they are so
reliable. They build them without all of the freeware, demoware, spyware
and general bloatware that you find on so many mfg'ers. This crap can
turn a good computer into a piece of crap that runs at a snail's pace.
Dell has stopped putting it into their very limited business line of
computers, but still loads up consumer models with all of this stuff. I
read that Dell makes about $60 for every computer they put this into, so
they have refused to remove it from the bulk of their computers, but it
might be why they are having financial problems.

I told my son I could get him a Lenovo with WinXP fully loaded as long as
I purchased it before June 30 and I wanted to know if he wanted a 14" or
15" screen. His reply to me was:

"At my job I spent most of my time using a Mac, but I did have to use a PC
for certain projects. It had Windows Vista on it, and i am certain
history will call Vista Microsoft's version of "New Coke". I really
appreciate your offer to buy me a new laptop, but could you just give me
the money you were going to spend on the Lenovo, and let me buy a MAC".

That is a strong statement for MAC's when a college student would rather
spend his own money upgrading to a MAC than use a PC, and is an example of
why Apple's market share continues to grow. My son is a pretty smart guy
and I guess that is why a top tier school gave him a complete scholarship,
and is paying him a decent salary to continue his education. He is too
smart to buy into MS's "NEW COKE".

Let him do it. I have Vista on what was supposed to be my next main
desktop. Not shabby either, quad processor, 8gb of RAM, 2 500GB hard drives
and copying file is a painful experience compared to any of XP, Mac or
Linux.

Vista is worse than Win-Me.