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#11
Posted 10 October 2007 - 11:12 AM
#12
Posted 10 October 2007 - 11:17 AM
Or more likely to endlessly pm and text: "IDK my BFF JILL" and to get around your porn blocker.
You can block porn?
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#13
Posted 10 October 2007 - 11:23 AM
I have been a computer geek my whole life. Tested a prototype for IBM in the 6th grade (1965). THey were big in my home town. Took FORTRAN programming in college, learned APL, COBOL,etc. Bought an IBM XT (still have it) for a gazillion dollars with a green screen. Was a DOS/Windows man all the way... until VISTA, which put me over. It stinks stinks stinks....
Got a sweet little 13 inch MAC book, for home use... word, Browsing, SKYPE, email, instant chatting with the kids and family around the world. Open the top, its on, and works. Barttery lasts forever. No Freeze ups, nada, zip...
Do yourself a favor and get a Macbook.
Or an HP with XP on it, NOT vista...[color=#FF0000]
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how you do dat? when i looked recently the only company offering XP machines was dell, and only certain models.
i ended up with a 14" gateway that i really like. 1 gig RAM and an excellent screen. i use it for internet and to store raw files (camera) when i'm outta town and as a back-up to my PC.
since this computer is for a 13-year-old kid i'd recommend a similar machine over the esoteric...i paid $550 for the gateway and i really like it .
ed rader
Edited by ed rader, 10 October 2007 - 11:24 AM.
#14
Posted 10 October 2007 - 11:25 AM
Even with 2 gigs which VISTA needs, you'll still crash. When you add 2 gigs to a quality laptop, you'll be getting up near 800 to 1000 bucks (cheaper ones can be had). A basic macbook for a kid costs around that much and never crashes.
If your kid wants to spend his/her days playing High Def video games, he would be better off with windows... but you don't want that, right?
Better off buying him an xbox or WII for games and a macbook for "life"
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I can't speak to the mac. Many love em. Fine. Compatibility is probably important here. What I can say is that I've run a Vista machine on 1 gig and it ran fine. A bit slow from time to time, but I like lots of stuff running at one time and some are cludgy resource hogs. I NEVER had a crash, running for a week at a time between reboots. That's with a number of USB connections, too. I didn't want VISTA, but now that I have it, I have to say it's better than any prior windows, especially when properly udated.
One big recommendation. Get an external hard drive. I got a tiny 40 gig drive for something like $39 bucks. NIIIICE. I just grab everything every day and dump it on there. I can work from it. If I lose my laptop, I have everything right there. I don't "do backups" I just copy everything I use to the drive in one fell swoop, and get a cuppa joe. When I'm back it's done.
Cheap insurance.
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#15
Posted 10 October 2007 - 11:25 AM
I have been a computer geek my whole life. Tested a prototype for IBM in the 6th grade (1965). THey were big in my home town. Took FORTRAN programming in college, learned APL, COBOL,etc. Bought an IBM XT (still have it) for a gazillion dollars with a green screen. Was a DOS/Windows man all the way... until VISTA, which put me over. It stinks stinks stinks....
Got a sweet little 13 inch MAC book, for home use... word, Browsing, SKYPE, email, instant chatting with the kids and family around the world. Open the top, its on, and works. Barttery lasts forever. No Freeze ups, nada, zip...
Do yourself a favor and get a Macbook.
Or an HP with XP on it, NOT vista...
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I bought my son one a few months ago....the other great thing is.....it takes 5 mins to buy one.....You don't get the other sales pitches for spy ware protection or antivirus protection. Walk in...walk out.
#16
Posted 10 October 2007 - 11:40 AM
I have been a computer geek my whole life. Tested a prototype for IBM in the 6th grade (1965). THey were big in my home town. Took FORTRAN programming in college, learned APL, COBOL,etc. Bought an IBM XT (still have it) for a gazillion dollars with a green screen. Was a DOS/Windows man all the way... until VISTA, which put me over. It stinks stinks stinks....
Got a sweet little 13 inch MAC book, for home use... word, Browsing, SKYPE, email, instant chatting with the kids and family around the world. Open the top, its on, and works. Barttery lasts forever. No Freeze ups, nada, zip...
Do yourself a favor and get a Macbook.
Or an HP with XP on it, NOT vista...
mm
I bought my son one a few months ago....the other great thing is.....it takes 5 mins to buy one.....You don't get the other sales pitches for spy ware protection or antivirus protection. Walk in...walk out.
Thanks to all very much for your time...a big help indeed...Leaning towards the hp, mac for now...tanks again:)
#18
Posted 10 October 2007 - 12:16 PM
#19
Posted 10 October 2007 - 04:32 PM