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Computer Advice Requested (VANITY - I'm Done With Windows!)
5/20/2005
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Posted on 05/20/2005 7:35:53 AM PDT by CFC__VRWC
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:35:54 AM PDT
by
CFC__VRWC
To: CFC__VRWC
I've been hearing very good things about Macs lately. I'd go for it.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:37:38 AM PDT
by
RushCrush
(Never give in. Never, never, never, never!)
To: CFC__VRWC
Linux. I've been Winblows-free for years.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:37:40 AM PDT
by
Michael Goldsberry
(an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
To: Swordmaker; HAL9000; rdb3
I know you guys contribute a lot to the Mac and Linux threads, and I'd appreciate it if you could ping your lists and maybe give a fed-up Windows guy some advice on how to get that thing out of my life.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:37:42 AM PDT
by
CFC__VRWC
("Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!" - gidget7)
To: CFC__VRWC
Once you go Mac, you'll never go back..... 8^)
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:38:12 AM PDT
by
BreitbartSentMe
(Ex-Democrat since 2001)
To: CFC__VRWC
Drag & Drop!
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:38:13 AM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(If Islam is a religion of peace, they should fire their P.R. guy!)
To: CFC__VRWC
Red Hat Fedora with Open Office. Will run on your current platform easily.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:38:25 AM PDT
by
frogjerk
To: CFC__VRWC
The last straw came Wednesday night, when I set my Win XP computer up to run Norton Speed Disk and then went off to bed. There is an easier solution. Don't use Norton products.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:39:22 AM PDT
by
killjoy
(Real Men Love Bush)
To: CFC__VRWC
First thing is Norton sucks and why you would be running speeddisk on XP is beyond me.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:39:23 AM PDT
by
Xenophobic Alien
(Nuke the whales! -- You really want to nuke whales? -- Well ya got to nuke something. -- Touche')
To: CFC__VRWC
I'm not playing that game anymore. I'm through, kaput, finis, done. Bill Gates can kiss my big fat hairy white butt. Despite my constantly chiding Mac users for being gay, I am starting to come around. Now that I don't play computer games anymore (no time) Mac is a theoretical possibility. If Mac's cost less, I would really consider getting one for my next computer.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:39:31 AM PDT
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: CFC__VRWC
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:40:02 AM PDT
by
Michael Goldsberry
(an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
To: CFC__VRWC
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:40:02 AM PDT
by
evets
(God bless President Bush and VP Cheney)
To: CFC__VRWC
You should definately go to Linux- it is so easy to install and you can learn all the wonderful command line commandd such as 'grep' 'awk' 'sed' 'cwd' 'pwd' 'ls -al' 'find * -prn'
Microsoft is SO HARD after all. No on can hardly use it! And when you run Norton it crashes - and that is NOT nortons fault~!
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:40:18 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
To: CFC__VRWC
your problem was with that crappy program from symantec/norton
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:40:22 AM PDT
by
NoClones
To: CFC__VRWC
Installing Norton Systemworks was your first mistake.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:40:24 AM PDT
by
joebuck
To: Xenophobic Alien
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:40:29 AM PDT
by
Zenith
To: CFC__VRWC
Uhmm....do you think the problem might, maybe, be ....
NORTON????!!!I'll admit it's not as much fun as roasting Bill Gates, but it may bring you closer to the root of your problem...
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:40:49 AM PDT
by
Wingy
To: CFC__VRWC
The best way to get started with Linux is to download an ISO of
Knoppix and burn it to CD.
Knoppix boots from CD and finds/configures all your hardware without disturbing your hard drive unless you want to save a persistent home directory.
The only problem is that, if you are using dial-up, it won't find WinModems (internal PCI modems). If you have an external serial port modem, it will find that just fine. Serial modems are better modems anyway.
If you want more info, Freepmail me.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:40:58 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Controlled substance laws created the federal health care monopoly and fund terrorism.)
To: CFC__VRWC
It largely depends on what you use the machine to do... but if you are a UNIX novice you will definitely need a good deal of ramp-up study to get your bearings. There will be much less acclimatization with a Mac.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:41:13 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(A government-funded artist is an incompetent whore)
To: CFC__VRWC
Find some old disks and install Win95/98. They finally got most of the bugs out. Alsmost all of the software manufacturers except Microsoft issue versions which will run on those systems.
The Mac will be a lot more user friendly than Linux.
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posted on
05/20/2005 7:43:00 AM PDT
by
PAR35
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