On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Tony B <ton...@gmail.com> wrote: Whoops I meant semi-annually. It's like a spring cleaning.
I treat computers like cars run until dead. I still have an HP running as my main PC from five or six years ago. It mostly runs what I need it to fine except for iTunes which sucks all the life out of it. I do use my wife's Mac fairly frequently By the time you talk biannually then at that point there would also be > hardware issues like new motherboards to prompt a clean install. Note > that my workstations, not connected to the internet, or subject to > constant program installs, will run as fresh in a few years when it's > replaced as it did on day 1. > > > >> I keep hearing that advice as a method to make sure you have a virus > free > > environment. Windows may be stable enough to run but it isn't secure > enough > > to run for years. I tend to reinstall biannually due to the system > > degradation. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
