On Feb 17, 1:28 pm, dave wrote:
wrote:
If you have any computer controlled receivers, or ar thinking about
purchasing a new PC,
this should interest you

Why Save XP:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...earn_why_xp_sh....

Petition:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp

There is a Service Pack 3 coming. XP will be around a long time.

That ( SP3) is ONLY for Current Boxes with XP on them;

If , down the road a bit, you want to get a PENRYN or NEHALEM Powered
PC, your ( Currently ) stuck with Vista

( More below )
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Posted by: tuxinator at February 17, 2008 05:56 AM

I've used all windows variants from 2.0, and with only a few
exceptions haven't had major issues with any

of them. And I've NEVER written anything about software good or bad
anywhere until now. This is my first

ever post anywhere on the 'Net. Neither have I used Vista, but have
fixed about 8 PCs with Vista installed

ex-shop. All have complained about slowness - bootup, software loading
and general use:


even on one high-end Core Duo 2.0gHz machine.

I'm planning to stay with XP until it falls over from old age. Mine's
a P4 2.8, 1.5gb RAM, 180GB

SATA HDD, etc etc. Was latest tech when I bought it about 2.5 years
ago, so I think it'll last for a

while yet. (Proviso being part availability.)

If there's not something less of a HOG than Vista around at the time
I'll seriously look at an

Open Source alternative, even though I haven't got a clue on
installing and configuring

it at the moment. HOG used to mean "Harley Owners' Group", but now
seems to have been overshadowed

by Vista.

Why oh why did Microsoft release such a load of rubbish - I know it's
money, shareholders demand ROI,

but MS is operating like it believes no other person's opinion matters
except its own.



...

wrote:
If you have any computer controlled receivers, or ar thinking about
purchasing a new PC,
this should interest you

Why Save XP:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp/...earn_why_xp_sh....

Petition:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/save-xp


-

wrote:

There is a Service Pack 3 coming. XP will be around a long time.

That ( SP3) is ONLY for Current Boxes with XP on them;

If , down the road a bit, you want to get a PENRYN or NEHALEM Powered
PC, your ( Currently ) stuck with Vista

( More below )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Posted by: tuxinator at February 17, 2008 05:56 AM

I've used all windows variants from 2.0, and with only a few
exceptions haven't had major issues with any

of them. And I've NEVER written anything about software good or bad
anywhere until now. This is my first

ever post anywhere on the 'Net. Neither have I used Vista, but have
fixed about 8 PCs with Vista installed

ex-shop. All have complained about slowness - bootup, software loading
and general use:


even on one high-end Core Duo 2.0gHz machine.

I'm planning to stay with XP until it falls over from old age. Mine's
a P4 2.8, 1.5gb RAM, 180GB

SATA HDD, etc etc. Was latest tech when I bought it about 2.5 years
ago, so I think it'll last for a

while yet. (Proviso being part availability.)

If there's not something less of a HOG than Vista around at the time
I'll seriously look at an

Open Source alternative, even though I haven't got a clue on
installing and configuring

it at the moment. HOG used to mean "Harley Owners' Group", but now
seems to have been overshadowed

by Vista.

Why oh why did Microsoft release such a load of rubbish - I know it's
money, shareholders demand ROI,

but MS is operating like it believes no other person's opinion matters
except its own.


Try Ubuntu. It gets more raw performance out of a given computer than
Windows' wildest dreams.

Oh yeah, it's free.

www.ubuntu.com

dave wrote:

Try Ubuntu. It gets more raw performance out of a given computer than
Windows' wildest dreams.

Oh yeah, it's free.

www.ubuntu.com

Alternatively, give this a try.

http://www.kubuntu.org/announcements/6.10-release.php

It's also based on the Debian distribution and you can add a Gnome
desktop once you know what you want.

People should be aware that most Linux installs put a new boot block on
the first drive.

You have a choice if you want to start Linux or the Windows installation
you now have. You can either partition your existing drive or just
install another one. The prices on hard drives have come down
dramatically in the last few years.


A person can try it before installing anything by running it from a self
loading CD. Naturally, the cd is a heck of a lot slower than a hard
drive, but at least you get to play without committing.


From another site:
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The desktop CD allows you to try Kubuntu without changing your computer
at all, and at your option to install it permanently later. This type of
CD is what most people will want to use. You will need at least 192MB of
RAM to install from this CD.

http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/6.06/
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mike