Greg Rundlett wrote:
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Lloyd Kvam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:53 -0500, Ben Scott wrote:
The question is, did you avoid paying for it anyway?
Vista Home Premium appears to add $30 to the cost.
On 11/14/2008 11:03 PM, Greg Rundlett wrote:
I've noticed many vendors offering a Windows XP downgrade for an
additional fee. I just ordered a Lenovo notebook, and they do that.
I don't know what to say about paying not to get something other than
it sounds like a mafia racket. /me shakes
I guess I'll throw my two cents in...
While a non-standard unit (no OS, etc) is out of process, I would
imagine that Microsoft's OEM licensing Agreement forces the OEM to sell
a percentage of units with the latest Microsoft bloatware, and I'd
imagine that percentage or term to be somewhere around
I guess I'll throw my two cents in...
while we're throwing pennies around, I think a lot of time when you
buy a computer with Windows, you're actually getting the Windows OS
and a bunch of other software that you'd rather not have (crapware).
These are programs that have some means of generating
While I don't know what the contract terms are, a while back Dell was
prevented from selling consumer PCs with other than Windows. I also
believe that applied to Compaq. Before the merger, both Compaq and HP
had a contract that allowed them to sell business systems with Linux
because both were
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On 11/15/2008 12:47 PM, Peter Dobratz wrote:
while we're throwing pennies around, I think a lot of time when you
buy a computer with Windows, you're actually getting the Windows OS
and a bunch of other software that you'd rather not have (crapware).
These are programs that have some means of
Eight people attended the October meeting of the NH Ruby/Rails [0]
group, held as usual at RMC Research in Portsmouth on the third Tuesday
of the month.
The meeting started with a general chat session where a range of issues
were covered. Quite a discussion about computer industry trade books was
My 7yo Athlon system is dying, so it's time to upgrade...
Are there any good motherboard/CPU/Memory suppliers local that might be open
tomorrow?
Thanks
Chris
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I'd suggest Showtime Computers . . . . and yes, they are open on Sundays
from 11a to 3p . . . according to their web site.
http://www.showtimepc.com/showtimepc/
Scott
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Chris
OK, thanks I have already been there, sorry I forgot to mention that
They don't take AMEX. I was looking for someone that took AMEX. Minor
detail, but important to me.
Chris
On 11/15/08, Scott C. Mellott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd suggest Showtime Computers . . . . and yes, they are
One of the GNHLUG members runs a computer store:
http://www.justworksnh.com/blog/
I don't know if it meets your requirements but there's a
thread about it in the April archives on the GNHLUG server.
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