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  • From: David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>, Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler AT gmail.com>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Laptop Purchase _ Vista Y/N
  • Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:55:13 -0400

I received an email ad from Dell the other day. One of the features of the
computer advertised was:

"Genuine Windows Vista® Business Bonus ‹
Windows® XP Professional Downgrade Pre-installed"

I think that said it all. I guess I'll stick to OS X, Windows is too hard
for me.

David


On 6/15/09 1:21 PM, "Tanner Lovelace" <clubjuggler AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, run screaming as fast and as far away as you can. We recently bought
> a new desktop computer with Vista on it and after having to wipe the disk
> and reinstall from backup disks 3-4 times (in the first week!) because of
> it corrupting user accounts and completely fouling up the printers (to where
> I couldn't even bring up the printers section of the control panel) I went
> and installed the Windows 7 RC1. Windows 7 has been much more stable
> (although, it tends to have problems with user accounts, I've found).
>
> If you have the choice, I'd definitely recommend going with XP over
> Vista, or better yet, get a MacBook and go with OS X.
>
> Cheers,
> Tanner
>
> On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 7:15 PM, <cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com> wrote:
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I'm somewhat email impaired, so please forgive typos and delayed
>> responses...
>>
>> All of the machines that I've looked at so far come with Vista.  Do any of
>> you who are currently using Vista want to tell me to run screaming away?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Colleen
>>






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