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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"
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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?- Hide quoted text -

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It is called "the cost of doing business"... Sometimes it sucks, but
like I said, if you want to do business, you gotta' do PC.

Not really true any more. I have almost finished setting up Linux, and just
have the VPN software to go and it will be work ready. In fact, for many of
my clients Linux and other UNIX is preferred as it is native to the
development I provide. By my case is not main stream. I couldn't stomach
the thought of paying for windows twice.

But Macs are a great alternative. Not as many if any get root kits, bot'ed
and open office can do anything MS Office can, just costs a whole lot less.
In the end a Mac owner will spend less time putzing with their PC and
patches and more time using it. Comes with wireless, modem and Ethernet so
when on the road with a boat, it can do anything a McWin PC can do.