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hansencomputers
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 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:34 am Post subject: The worst case scenario |
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Nothing BLAG or Linux related, so I hope this is OK.
I have recently assembled a home PC, and have it back for some "fine tuning". It's nothing special, but decent hardware for reading/writing email and surfing the WEB. That's all this machine will probably ever do. But doing it is a bit of a problem.
Unfortunately the system is saddled with MS Windows Vista :(
To make matters worse, the owner connects to the WEB via dial-up.
Not just any dial-up,.. AOL is their choice.
The combo of the three is really sad. I just wanted to share this with you.
On a more positive note, I'm on my second Old Speckled Hen
Mike H
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saddletramp
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:03 am Post subject: |
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you can't possibly "fine tune" that computer enough to do much more than reading/writing email and surfing the WEB, with that combination!!
at least you know what's wrong:
"The combo of the three is really sad."
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Jason
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| Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:22 am Post subject: |
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No that is a good combination. It will crash often, get infected with all sorts of crap and the owner will realise Windows sucks.
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hansencomputers
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:39 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | No that is a good combination. It will crash often, get infected with all sorts of crap and the owner will realise Windows sucks. |
Yes, but to really see how bad it sucks, you have to start using something better. I only understood this when I made the break with MS WIN XP, and didn't go back. Now I would not even consider going back to it.
I continue to work on conversions, but it is a slow process. Fortunately the experiences have generally been good, and people will talk, so I expect my list of conversions to continue to grow.
Mike H
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john maclean
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| Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 3:13 am Post subject: |
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Why not burn a live CD. You could use it to create a bootable USB key fob. someone has done so here and has listed the results on the forums.
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