XP and a New Puter ... It's a Whole New World ...WOW

vanity | 01-01-02 | mercy

[mercy]

It sorta just snuck up on me. My old nanao monitor started winking at me, the ole gal felt like dropping by Comp USA and the next thing I know I'm rolling out the door with a new VAIO tower, a Samsung syncMaster flat screen LCD and a Canon bubble jet (there goes my buy American bluster).

I wasn't going to do it. Really. The thought of venturing past my garden path was too scary. The ole Dell XPS 200 and windows 95 was so .... well, familliar. I was afraid taking the leap would be just too painful. Boy was I wrong. Mama was in the mood to spend money and ya just can't go against that flow. Might not happen again in a coon's age.

Been hearing not so good things about Dell and the prices have been plunging so that one has to wonder about what they're putting in those things these days. Besides I wanted the security of just being able to walk the box into the service dept. if I had a prob and actually getting the thing back in days rather than weeks. The Sony seemed like a solid machine and not a conglomeration of god knows whose parts. The flat screen just knocked my eyes out. XP made my old OS look like a cheep 40's cartoon. So I jumped.

Despite my desire to get in a dig at Bill Gates whenever possible I'm going with 'internet exploder' for now. doesn't seem so bad and I'm not really missing Netscape ... yet. (I may pinch him a bit by dropping Office and going with Corel) I haven't had any trouble with XP whatsoever. I've deleted some junk they had in the box and I've added several programs. I'm all over the net and not a glitch. ON THE FIRST DAY. I can't believe I waited so long. I love the whole package. AND for some unknowable (for me) reason my internet connection is chunking along at twice the speed of before though my dialup connection is the same lame ole 28k and I already had a new top line modem in the ole box. Go figure.

So if any of y'all out there are like me and afraid of the change .... don't be. It's wonderful.

[lodwick]

Lady - you are too funny. Nice to see ya. ;-)

[mercy]

I KNOW what you say is true but the only other option for one such as I (puter dodo) was Mac and It's just silly to spend that much money to spite BG. I mean spite has it's uses but not if it costs me a bundle. Bill can't keep his monopoly going forever. Somebody's going to crack it one day.

[mercy]

No. Por que? Did I screw up?

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

GO HERE:AND DOWNLOAD THE XP PATCH IN POST 7#

[HairOfTheDog]

As for the clock.... double click it in the tray, and set it.

[CrossCheck]

You'll like your VAIO. Had been using an 800 mhz with Windows 98 primarily to run Autocad 2000 and a few other business related programs, and really liked the results. I just switched to a 1.5 ghz VAIO with XP, and the Autocad program seems to run at the same speed, if not a little slower. It seems that I have to spend a couple hundred bucks to upgrade to Autocad 2002 in order for it to run properly with XP. XP has become an unnecessary expense for me.

[mercy]

It's a 150MP. Picture in picture TV as well. Didn't go for the High Def. and settled for the 15" but it's just as big as my 17" CRT.

[CrossCheck]

Had been using an 800 mhz with Windows 98.

Actually, I meant Windows ME, which I was very happy with.

[Prodigal Son]

As for the clock.... double click it in the tray, and set it.

Yeah, I've done that about half a dozen times. Every time we cut the thing off and back on it not only doesn't have the correct time but it doesn't show the correct date either.

[Dallas]

Go to AlienWare, and take the plunge (the color choice is amazing).

They've become so popular, that Best Buy is now their outlet store.

It'll make a new man woman outta ya...

[mercy]

Yeah, everythink I've plugged in was like it was manufactured for this computer and this OS. seamless.

[Dallas]

Way to go.....mercy

XP has been very-very good to me, too.

[mercy]

Ahhhhhh. On a platter! TANKS!

[MJY1288]

Did you get any warnings about software and hardware incompatibilities when doing the upgrade?

[RedBloodedAmerican]

No you didnt mess up. Just do a search for the Favorites folder and copy them into it.

[mercy]

HEY! I take my duty to my country very serriously. The wife wants a new kitchen (and of course a new den seems to just FIT into the floor plan). ANYTHING to keep W happy. (g)

[Bogey78O]

I had a program integrated into one of my computers that kept resetting my browser to hit ads when I started it. It seems my sis accidentally installed it. She's also the one that got me infected with Nimda. I really don't know how to help you clear it up. Sorry.

I enjoy my system. 2 Ghz 40Gig HD w/ 1.5 Gig Ram

[Incorrigible]

Microsoft rules! Sun drools!

[Amelia]

It automatically recognized my home network, configured my Internet connection and prompted me to make a floppy so that the other PC could share the Internet connection!

Any hints on setting up the home network? As soon as I get a new computer, it's what I have to do, so that both PCs can share the internet connection.

We DID run Cat-5 through the whole house, but so far nothing is hooked up to it!