On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:36:28 -0700, wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:11:30 -0700, jps wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:31:20 -0400, Harryk
wrote:

On 7/19/11 9:22 PM, Tim wrote:
On Jul 19, 7:58 pm, John wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:56:06 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Jul 18, 11:52 am, John wrote:
...thinking about this one. Any input? Anyone ever heard of it?

http://tinyurl.com/4xhpyk6

My wife has one and it's a nice machine, but it is heavy. and it's
also loaded with Visa, which is kind of a pain, but it does everything
she needs it for, which is a lot more than what i need. She's had no
problem with the machine itself, but the battery died w/in warranty,
and who ever she bought it from sent her one out promptly and a call
tag to send the defective one back shipping paid both ways.

The Geek Squad at Best Buys will remove all that stuff for $25. Not sure if they'll work on any
computer, or if it has to be bought there. My wife's was very clean when she brought it home.

hmmm, I said 'Visa" when I meant "Vista" just now caught it. but you
knew what I meant, I'm sure....

Let's see...Tim's wife's computer was loaded with Visa, which "is kind
of a pain..." Visa, aka Vista, is the operating system on that computer.

Herring says the Best Buy boys will remove "all that stuff" (Vista) for
$25.

I wonder what parts of the operating system the Best Buy boys will
remove, and how well the computer will run without them?

You don't need or want Vista, install Win7 instead. If the computer
is current, there's no way it'd be delivered with Vista.

I've been using Win7 Pro for quite a while now, and I really like it.
Very stable like XP Pro, and it's easier. It does take some getting
used to but not like Vista.

Vista was a resource hog, having to support the technical bridge from
XP forward. Win7 has lost all the extraneous, unneccesary crud. It's
much lighter and faster than Vista and closer in stability to XP.

I've been running 7 pro ultimate for about a year and find it very
stable.