Have been off the list for an extended period and have just returned and
would like some insider advice. I know that reams have been written about
Vista vs. XP but wondered if some of the regulars here had a CONCISE
recommendation to make re: why (or why not) I should upgrade from XP Media
Center t
I'm a bit surprised that no one has brought up the issue of security in this
discussion (excuse me if I missed it). Given that XP is generally
considered to be a less than robustly secure operating system, and given
that Vista's code is generally reported to be better written, from a
security stan
At 12:00 AM 8/7/2007, you wrote:
Date:Mon, 6 Aug 2007 23:35:42 -0400
From:"Michael A. Wosnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Vista or XP
Have been off the list for an extended period and have just returned and
would like some insider advice. I know that reams have been written about
Vista
>recommendation to make re: why (or why not) I should upgrade from XP Media
>Center to Vista.
Yes, I think Rich is right. I like Vista a lot, but I would not upgrade from XP
to Vista
on an existing machine unless it's a screamer with lots of memory and a
top-notch graphics
card. Better to wait u
Chris (and Rich)
I don't think I would have any problems from a technology point of view. My
machine is pretty robust and has 2 Gigs of RAM, a good ATI Radeon graphics card
and 3 SATA hard drives. Although I do not have a duo core processor, my
pentium is an HT version so not too bad.
What I
>What I am really interested in knowing is WHY (or why not) should I
>consider an upgrade to Vista
Microsoft needs the money. Isn't that enough of a reason?
As I recall, most of the compelling reasons to upgrade were dropped in
order to get the thing to ship. IE 7 would be a good reason, but y
I prefer Yahoo widgets.
Stewart
At 12:20 PM 8/7/2007, you wrote:
>What I am really interested in knowing is WHY (or why not) should I
>consider an upgrade to Vista
Microsoft needs the money. Isn't that enough of a reason?
As I recall, most of the compelling reasons to upgrade were dropped i
You can turn off the nagging security warnings, but they are there for a
reason. For the most part, it is true that most of the compelling reasons
to upgrade were removed to get Vista out. While it is more secure, the real
security lies in 64bit Vista which is just about useless to most users.
Vi
>And no, they didn't copy OS X widgets, all things don't come from Apple,
I didn't say that all things come from Apple. I did imply that MS has not
had an original, but non-criminal, idea in many years.
* ==> QUICK LIST-CO
>I didn't say that all things come from Apple. I did imply that MS has not
>had an original, but non-criminal, idea in many years.
Is this really necessary? Do you absolutely _have_ to do this _every_ time
someone asks a
Windows question?
***
Must Windows fanboys obsess for m-o-n-t-h-s about the pros and cons of
upgrading *every* time M$ rolls out a new Windows version (granted, only
once or twice a decade these days)?
Mark Snyder
-Original Message-
Is this really necessary? Do you absolutely _have_ to do this _every_
time some
>Must Windows fanboys obsess for m-o-n-t-h-s about the pros and cons of
>upgrading *every* time M$ rolls out a new Windows version (granted, only
>once or twice a decade these days)?
Completely off point.
And for the record, I have never referred to Mac users with the insulting term
"Apple
fanbo
Please don't feed the trolls.
On 8/7/07, Chris Dunford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I didn't say that all things come from Apple. I did imply that MS has not
> >had an original, but non-criminal, idea in many years.
>
> Is this really necessary? Do you absolutely _have_ to do this _every_ time
>
>Is this really necessary? Do you absolutely _have_ to do this _every_ time
>someone asks a Windows question?
I gave a perfectly correct answer. I said I did not like Widgets -- both
Apple's & MS's. I'm allowed to not like Widgets. It is also accurate to
note that MS copied heavily from Apple a
Why is it mac fanatics can't keep quiet when someone wants to talk about
windows? If you don't like to talk about it, don't read the thread, the
topic couldn't have been any clearer. It was even asked *very* politely
that windows bashers please not apply, thank you very much. And *still* we
had
Sorry - meant to be light. Maybe we're being too sensitive.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder - fanboy or what ever
-Original Message-
Why is it mac fanatics can't keep quiet when someone wants to talk about
windows? If you don't like to talk about it, don't read the thread, the
topic couldn't
On 8/7/07, Chris Dunford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I didn't say that all things come from Apple. I did imply that MS has not
> >had an original, but non-criminal, idea in many years.
>
> Is this really necessary? Do you absolutely _have_ to do this _every_ time
> someone asks a
> Windows ques
instead.
Michael
-Original Message-
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Dunford
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 2:23 PM
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Vista or XP
>I didn't say that all things c
I think you are being unfair.
I never responded to your original query. I think you only got 2 or 3
responses to your original query.
I responded to someone making snide remarks about someone else's snide
remarks.
The people who responded to you did a fine job - no one really knows of
anything
Point made and taken. That was indeed not an entirely fair comment.
Thanks for your synopsis as well. I think I am pretty much persuaded by the
responses that I shall just stick to XP for now.
Michael
John DeCarlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think you are being unfair.
I never responded to y
>Yep. I feared this would happen My bad
>I guess I will go and read the PC mags instead.
So right.
If someone does not like somebody else's answer then they should respond
by providing an answer that they think is better.
DO NOT attack the person.
DO NOT tell someone that they have n
Does anyone want to point out a compelling Vista feature? I think the
people who turned this thread into a pissing contest owe us a proper
answer to the question.
A compelling Vista feature? Only one comes to mind at the moment, and
that's DirectX 10 support. But as the other posters suggeste
The other problem that crops up is which flavor of Vista are you going to get?
Vista Home Basic
Vista Home Premium
Vista Business
Vista Ultimate
Most system are only coming with 1 or 2 above. You have to pay a
premium to get 3 or 4, and I understand most of the real nice goodies
only come wit
Most system are only coming with 1 or 2 above. You have to pay a premium
to get 3 or 4, and I understand most of the real nice goodies only come
with 3 & 4.
Well, as I see it only Ultimate really offers a step sideways, and I have no
desire to go (as I see it) backwards from a perfectly worka
That about sums it up.
One of my members mentioned he just bought a laptop. It came with 1
GB of ram but he said he was only seeing 768 MB of ram. I told him
his laptop video was taking 256 of ram. Dumb Who needs that
fast and that big of a video on a laptop?
If you are not playing g
From: "Rev. Stewart Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Vista or XP -- List Etiquette
That about sums it up.
One of my members mentioned he just bought a laptop. It came with 1 GB of
ram but he said he was only see
One other suggestion might be to get another drive and dual boot windows xp
and Vista till you decide. I still think Vista is a little troublesome for
users who know what they are doing in windows. One of the things that
bugged me, albeit very small, was that every time i opened my tv app vista
w
>I agree. Who here actually thinks any of the criminal ideas coming from
>Microsoft are original?
That's not fair. I have to agree that some of you here are very biased
and won't give MS credit for anything.
For one, I think the deal where computer manufacturers had to pay a fee
for Windows on
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