HK wrote:
Eisboch wrote:

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Eisboch wrote:

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Mac desktop. Supposedly there are new models coming out sometime
soon, but nothing rumored about the still vaporware models seemed
that significant to me, although they will be to others, I suspect,
who are more into computer games and heavy duty graphics and math
processing.

Also snagged a beta of Windows 7, which just about anyone can do
via Microsoft's open beta for at least the short term, and burned
it onto a DVD. It'll be the "alternatve" OS on the new Mac. I run
Vista as the alternative on my Macbook Pro, works fine.

And my old desktop machine is now updated and "ready" to be
"server-ized."


Is Windows 7 designed to be an upgrade from Vista, or is it
strictly a completely new OS install?

Eisboch


Dunno. Haven't even looked at the MS web page on it yet. My guess is
that it'll upgrade a VISTA or it'll do a fresh install.


It's funny. Due to all the horror stories I had heard about Vista, I
was very hesitant to go with it on this new computer. I tried to pay
attention to recommendations regarding RAM, etc. and made sure it had
4GB and was the 64 bit version.

So far, I haven't had a single serious hiccup. In fact, only once did
a program (I think it was InfanView) temporarily "lock up" and
deliver a "program is not responding" message, but as I was reading
it, it automatically cleared itself and continued running. That's
the only time I've seen any sort of glitch and it went away by itself.

Eisboch

If I remember correctly, you didn't purchase your new computer till
after Windows had sent out the SP1 upgrade, that did correct a number of
their initial problems. From what I have read, Windows 7 will run
substantially faster than Vista, but I still will wait till they have
their SP1 upgrade on Windows 7.

My son and daughter love their MAC laptops, but I really don't see any
advantages they have over my Windows XP that would make me want to pay
double the price for a MAC.