> Mother needed a new pooter, so I drove her to the place I consider
> pure hell, Rivergate on Black Friday. She was slick, and managed to
> get an HP 6000 series lappie that really was sold out, but they just
> happened to have one for an older lady working her charms. $450 for a
> dual core x64 bit machine is pretty amazing! My own purchase was more
> pedestrian, a $35 Sansa Clip 2g MP3 player (brilliant little unit,
> btw).
>
> Of course I have make this Vista Unit into her little beaten down
> bitch--that is my job, so says the Invisible yet Pink Sky Unicorn. But
> gawddang--you'd thing MS would learn, but naw--it was just like a
> fresh XP machine, even worse! Near fifteen processes running in the
> tray at start, and more than enough pop ups offering security *help*
> or *diagnostics* than a man can stand. No wonder Mac zealouts tilt
> their hips so cockily while adjusting fingerpaint and nylon lashes. I
> deleted a shitload of crap, stopped programs from starting at boot if
> you don't need them, and held my nose while dipping into the control
> panel. Finally, almost peace. Still a HP dire warning at login that
> she's doomed without X--despite the fact that with her last setup with ...

> Unfortunately, it looks like the newer, state-of-the-art PC's
> are being built so that Vista is required to make full use
> of their greater capacity. But how does the end result work
> out? Is the newer PC with Vista still faster, or is a
> slightly less advanced PC able to run circles around it with
> XP?

> On Nov 25, 5:20 am, Paul Stevens bellsouth.net> wrote:
>

>> Unfortunately, it looks like the newer, state-of-the-art PC's
>> are being built so that Vista is required to make full use
>> of their greater capacity. But how does the end result work
>> out? Is the newer PC with Vista still faster, or is a
>> slightly less advanced PC able to run circles around it with
>> XP?

>
> Well, tell ya what, it is *fast* after my first go-through on her
> lappie, after getting most of the junk uninstalled, her preferred
> Firefox and OoWriter started in 2 and 3 seconds respectively--and FF
> rendered media rich pages like a lush at an open bar. Likely just the
> extreme horsepower.
>
> But it's still not "intuitive". We slapped a CD in the drive tonight
> with svenski film in AVI format and this Media Player infomercial
> type nonsense popped up with a few icons. We clicked on the play ...

>
> "maxo" gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:05b73e4f-34cb-4f8d-953a-5eb752a2ce23@r60g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...

>> On Nov 25, 5:20 am, Paul Stevens bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>

>>> Unfortunately, it looks like the newer, state-of-the-art PC's
>>> are being built so that Vista is required to make full use
>>> of their greater capacity. But how does the end result work
>>> out? Is the newer PC with Vista still faster, or is a
>>> slightly less advanced PC able to run circles around it with
>>> XP?

>>
>> Well, tell ya what, it is *fast* after my first go-through on her
>> lappie, after getting most of the junk uninstalled, her preferred
>> Firefox and OoWriter started in 2 and 3 seconds respectively--and FF
>> rendered media rich pages like a lush at an open bar. Likely just the
>> extreme horsepower.
>>
>> But it's still not "intuitive". We slapped a CD in the drive tonight ...

> Mother needed a new pooter, so I drove her to the place I consider
> pure hell, Rivergate on Black Friday. She was slick, and managed to
> get an HP 6000 series lappie that really was sold out, but they...

> On 2007-11-24 23:00:15 -0600, maxo gmail.com> said:
>
>
>

>> Mother needed a new pooter, so I drove her to the place I consider
>> pure hell, Rivergate on Black Friday. She was slick, and managed to
>> get an HP 6000 series lappie that really was sold out, but they just
>> happened to have one for an older lady working her charms. $450 for a
>> dual core x64 bit machine is pretty amazing! My own purchase was more
>> pedestrian, a $35 Sansa Clip 2g MP3 player (brilliant little unit,
>> btw).

>

>> Of course I have make this Vista Unit into her little beaten down
>> bitch--that is my job, so says the Invisible yet Pink Sky Unicorn. But
>> gawddang--you'd thing MS would learn, but naw--it was just like a
>> fresh XP machine, even worse! Near fifteen processes running in the
>> tray at start, and more than enough pop ups offering security *help*
>> or *diagnostics* than a man can stand. No wonder Mac zealouts tilt ...

> I've had just enough experience with Unix to at least consider going that
> route, rather than let either Steve Jobs OR Bill Gates decide how I'll do
> what I do with my computer.

> On Nov 25, 7:21 am, "Olin" comcast.net> wrote:
>

>> I've had just enough experience with Unix to at least consider going that
>> route, rather than let either Steve Jobs OR Bill Gates decide how I'll do
>> what I do with my computer.

>
> If you don't have yourself married to MS-only software, the latest
> Ubuntu (Linux) Gutsy Gibbon is just spectacular. I had it on a Dell
> lappie till the HDD squealed like a pig and keeled over. I'm actually
> posting this from the same laptop running an older version of Ubuntu
> straight from CD with the HDD removed. Worth a try, it's free, and you
> can test it with the live CD:
>
> http://www.ubuntu.com/
>

> "maxo" gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:00a910cb-7995-421d-a75e-1742717faa5d@g30g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>

>> On Nov 25, 7:21 am, "Olin" comcast.net> wrote:

>

>>> I've had just enough experience with Unix to at least consider going that
>>> route, rather than let either Steve Jobs OR Bill Gates decide how I'll do
>>> what I do with my computer.

>

>> If you don't have yourself married to MS-only software, the latest
>> Ubuntu (Linux) Gutsy Gibbon is just spectacular. I had it on a Dell
>> lappie till the HDD squealed like a pig and keeled over. I'm actually
>> posting this from the same laptop running an older version of Ubuntu
>> straight from CD with the HDD removed. Worth a try, it's free, and you
>> can test it with the live CD:

>

>>http://www.ubuntu.com/

> ...