Hmmm, I've had four PCs since 1999 and I've had few problems that I couldn't resolve fairly quickly myself. And generally speaking PC problems usually arise from user error, rather than anything else, and that includes, not using security software, and not updating regularly and/or not backing up data.
I've only had a couple of hardware failures; one modem on my first computer, after a thunderstorm. And a DVD player on my XP machine, and I corrected that by doing some work in the registry. Other than that I've had no problems. And I've had PCs with: Windows 98se, XP, XP Pro, and Vista Premium. I haven't had other problems because I keep a daily updated AV program, I use a firewall other than the OS firewall, sandboxie, and Returnil. I also use the NoScript, AdBlocker plus, and flashblocker addons, on FF. I don't care for Opera for most things because when I want to post to various blogs the posting interface won't work in Opera. Options and settings are very simple to find in FF but a little harder, for me amyway, to find in Opera And I've spent much less than 1,000.00 on any of my four machines. All the Macs I've ever seen are over 1,000.00. I would love to try a Mac at some point but not as long as they're priced that high. I'm in the process of finding an old box to load Linux on and play with, to see how I like it. I can pick up an off lease, or refurbished computer at Tiger direct, or Pacific Geek, or even Craigs list, or the local second hand store, or whatever, for less than 150.00 with all the basic hardware and load afree copy of Ubuntu on it to experiment with . That's a lot less expensive than 1000.00, and more within my range. Annie On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Dee Fitzpatrick <d...@deetroy.org> wrote: > Well I have windows because I am only just computer savvy and still > have to have mine sorted occasionally. The main consensus is that windows > is best for people like me who just type letters and do email and surfing, > but that Mac is better for those who specialize. I know someone who is at > the same level as me, and she has used both and she does prefer windows for > ease of use. Mac is also *much* more expensive I find. Dee > > *-------Original Message-------* > > *From:* Indi <indi.sha...@gmail.com> > *Date:* 05/05/2009 19:24:17 > *To:* silver-list@eskimo.com > *Subject:* Re: CS>Opera > > On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 07:16:38PM +0100, Dee Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Thanks so much for this link Indi, I have downloaded it and it seems > much > > better than Firefox *and* Explorer! Dee > > > Oh, good. > Guess I should have read *all* the messages before replying, > sorry 'bout that! Yes, Opera rocks, at least on the Mac. Never tried > it on windows. I am often called upon to fix windows, but I never use it > myself. My opinion of it is that it's very nice that so many people who > are willing to pay me to fix things are using windows, heh heh heh. > I wouldn't get paid nearly as often if everyone used Linux or Mac... > > -- > indi > > > -- >
