I don't know much at all about computers. I bought a HP desktop about a year ago, my first pc other than an old pent2 I had sitting in my office, which was never really used. Before that, I had a whole slew of macs. When I bought my first comp, the sales guys said, this is a pc, this is a mac. One you have to enter DOS commands, (huh?) and the other, you click on little pictures. The Mac was a no brainer, and I stuck with them.
Anyway, I thought I'd give a pc a shot. This is your pretty standard issue model, runs Vista, dual core something or other. I find in general, pc's don't use the storage space as efficiently as a Mac. Don't ask me the reason for that, I have NO idea. I do know though, that this machine with Vista seems to eat up both the memory, and storage space. I'm not a really techie guy, and to be honest, I've had very few problems with any computer, including this one. Would I get another pc, maybe. I have peeked at some of the open sourse OSs that have been mentioned, but I wouldn't have a clue how to go about loading one. I use Firefox, which is open source, and I think it's great. I've used on about 5 comps now, both Mac and pc, and works great on both. Speaking of iPhones, I went to check one out at the shop. I managed to turn it one, couldn't get from one screen to the next, and had no idea how to turn it off. I gently set it down, and walked away kind of red faced. lol I've watched the promo video several times on the Apple page, but do you think I can figure out how to work an iPhone or an iTouch, nope!! lol My latest challenge, is trying to figure out a way to pull some info off that old pc with a usb memory stick. It's running '98, but the usb slot is 1.0, not 1.1. Again, do you think I can figure out how to get stuff onto the stick?? lol, no sir!! What really amazes me, is the memory stick is 8 GB and cost me $15, and the HD on the comp, is 3 GB!!!! lol Ok, enough rambling. :-) lol Ed 300E, a bunch of old Macs, and a Vista thing. 2009/4/9 WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> > Yes, I know; there were some other reasons, too, that I didn't mention, > including where/how it would sit in the pull-out shelf on the front of my > desk andto my left side, having to slide it significantly to left to insert > CD, flash drives, etc, on the right, trouble using the finger "mouse pad" > because of tremor - I have no tremor on regular mouse. On the silly little > laptop "mouse pad," I have trouble placing the arrow finely, quickly and > smothly EXACTLY where I want it. And, yes, I know, I could buy remote > mouse. > > Placing the laptop on top of the desk, where all sides would be > unobstructed, is too high. The screen with the keyboard tilted upward and > secured in front of it on the slide-out shelf is at exactly right height, > and access to all ports for insertion of CD's flash drive's, etc., is > completely unobstructed. > As I said, I had decided to get a laptop, anyway, then saw this HP package. > > BTW, speaking of convenience, son, grandson and coupla "lunch" friends have > Mac laptops and iPhones; they're on 'em "all the time." I was very pleased > to be able to so quickly and easily speak to 17-year-old grandson several > times last summer on his while he was studying in China. At Christmas, son > was trying to show his sister something on his iPhone; he couldn't find it > quickly enough for the 4-year-grandson, who was bwegging to let him show > her. Son handed it to grandson, who quickly and easily demonstrated it to > his aunt - amazing. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wonko the Sane" <don.b...@gmail.com> > > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 7:22 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT -new computer > > > Just because you don't tote it around doesn't mean that a laptop isn't an >> option. Debbie and I both have desktop systems and laptops, and find the >> laptops more convenient. Debbie can sit on the couch and check her email >> while watching Desperate Housewives or Biggest Loser or some other waste >> of >> time. I find that reading the BBC News on a laptop is a good companion to >> PBS or NPR. >> >> Come to think of it, we have two desktops (plus six spare desktops in the >> garage) and four laptops in the house. Five laptops when the daughter is >> home from college, as she is right now. >> >> On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 4:32 PM, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >> >> Nobody pushed me. The Win 98 has been much more than I've really needed >>> for years. If it would keep working when I wanta use it for fairly >>> simple >>> stuff, it would still be fine, but it would hang up often when I needed >>> it >>> to work well the most. 'Had to reboot a lot. 'Couldn't load "modern" >>> programs such as Turbo Tax 09, updated Acro Reader, etc. 'Been nursing >>> it >>> along three years or so; tired of the frustration; started looking for >>> new >>> one 'bout a week ago. Most available are laptops; don't need a laptop; >>> don't plan to tote it anywhere. All I saw had Vista; 'was about to get a >>> Dell Studio, though and suddenly came across an HP Pavilion desktop at >>> Sam's; brought it home with me. 'Been most frustrustrating moving >>> certain >>> files, programs, etc from the '98 to the Vista; the transfer programs >>> don't >>> support '98. Moved a lot of files manually via Flash Drive. Beginning >>> to >>> recover. >>> >>> Wilton >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loren Faeth" < >>> lfa...@leadingchange.com >>> > >>> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 2:22 PM >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT -new computer >>> >>> >>> Agreed, but some pimple-face pushed Wilton into a machine with a fake >>> mac >>> >>>> interface, otherwise know as wissta. It won't run the Mac OS. I am >>>> only >>>> trying to help him make the best of it. For the money, I am sure he >>>> could >>>> have bought a mac, but then he would have to learn a new interface, as >>>> easy >>>> as it may be. >>>> >>>> At 01:06 PM 4/9/2009, you wrote: >>>> >>>> On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:53 -0500, "Loren Faeth" < >>>> lfa...@leadingchange.com> >>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > Yes, just observe the settings before you change them and write down >>>>> > the original settings. It is easy to go back and reverse the changes >>>>> > >>>>> > You can also set up other user accounts, so you could have one user >>>>> > account for the fake Mac and and other user for the windows 2000 >>>>> > interface. >>>>> >>>>> Fake Mac???? What's the point? If you want a Mac interfaces, get a >>>>> real >>>>> Mac; you can run whatever foolishness Redmond is pushing if you need >>>>> to, and >>>>> have a real OS the rest of the time. >>>>> >>>>> Allan >>>>> -- >>>>> 1983 300D >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Loren Faeth >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: < >> http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090409/5e85432d/attachment.html >> > >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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