On 7/19/11 11:16 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:31:20 -0400,
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?


Are they talking about Microsoft's infamous "upgrade to a more
familiar version" (AKA removing Vista and installing XP).
My wife had her vendor do that with all the new machines in her office
that came with Vista.

BTW Microsoft may not be enforcing that "you can't swap machines
without calling us" thing on XP pro anymore.

I just installed my retail XP pro that was on a machine that died into
another one and expected I would have to call the 800 number, for the
3d degree before they would authenticate it (like the olden days) but
it sailed right through the online okey dokey, passed the microsoft
"legal OS" test and let me download the new media player.


My wife's new desktop computer came with Win 7 and had a small amount of
non-Microsoft Windows "crapware" on it, which I was able to remove
without incident. There are a handful of varieties of Win 7, and you can
upgrade from one to another by paying a fee, but I didn't see anything
that let you downgrade from Win 7 to XP.