Use Xp or Vista

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josh said:
Maybe... he is at work? or sleeping. People come here for help and not
to be criticized, if you have such a problem with the OP's questions
and his schedule, why don't you just leave his question... allow
someone else to help and move on???
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How the F**K can anyone help if we don't know what spec the PC's are and
what it will be used for you F**KING Moron.

John.
 
Jupiter said:
"he's unwilling"
That is an assumption.
Unless you know more than what the OP said, you do not know.
It is best not to ASSUME.

You could have asked what you felt you needed instead of suggesting
stupidity which helps no one.
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Well, let's all just wait and see what the original poster comes back with.

John.
 
Well, let's all just wait and see what the original poster comes back with.

John.
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HAHA!!! nice... you know instead of getting an attitude with people...
you should ask... you're a real dbag
 
josh wrote:
John.
HAHA!!! nice... you know instead of getting an attitude with people...
you should ask... you're a real dbag
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And did you ask Josh? No, you just jumped on the bandwagon...

John.
 
josh wrote:

John.




And did you ask Josh? No, you just jumped on the bandwagon...

John.
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I simply didn't ask because it has been mentioned that for the
question to be answered, people would need to know the specs and what
the computer was going to be used for. Which in most cases means that
when the OP does get back on and read he will give us that information.
 
You've never seen $5.00 Knock-of Rolex watches or Gucci purses?
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I have, and they look good to the untrained eye!

Also I found out my dang pirated Vista ended up locking me out about
an hour after I had gone online (malware! where is honour amongst
thieves?). But I figured out a workaround, and am back in business,
though I intend to buy an activation key. So long story short, to run
Vista you need both expensive hardware (though I got mine cheap in
Asia--60% off for the chip and 80% off for the rest of the hardware)
and about $200 to $300 for the Vista OS (the lower price depending on
whether you qualify for the upgrade, which is very confusing--
apparently XP Pro users do *not* qualify for the upgrade price).

RL
 
josh said:
I simply didn't ask because it has been mentioned that for the
question to be answered, people would need to know the specs and what
the computer was going to be used for. Which in most cases means that
when the OP does get back on and read he will give us that information.
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Let's hope so.

John.
 
The experts requirements at CNET are a 1.4 GHz processor, 1GB of system RAM
(I personally recommend at least 1.5GB or 2 GB of RAM), 64MB 100% DirectX 9
graphics card with Pixel Shader 2.0 hardware support and hard disk size of
20GB and 15GB free space (I recommend at least 80GB hard disk). This means
that you do not need a Dual or Quad core processor just for Windows Vista.
http://vista-tutorials.classes.cnet.com/can-my-pc-run-vista/
 
Hi,

I don't think it is stupied to seek information from people that has
more knowledge that myself. I understand that I must add more info
about my friends hw:

Here it is:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+/ 4400+ ( not sure) AM2
Samsung SH-S182M/RSMM Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 16MB 320GB
ASUS EN8500GT SILENT/HTD/256M
ASUS M2A-VM HDMI
Cooler Master Elite 330
Kingston 1GB DDR2 667MHz PC5300
Ace Raw Deal 460W




Also what he will use the computer for:

He will use the internet ( banking and search information), watch
dvds, burn photos. Gaming ( he is not a big game fan).

Thanks for all facts!

cheers,

//mike
 
There are a lot of self-centered arrogant IT people who would rather
rant than help. In your friend's case, I'd lean toward Vista. For
performance and a small amount of $, add 1 GB RAM. We may start to
see some newer games that require Vista. Vista also has some new
games included, even the old Solitaire has a new improved look.
 
mike said:
Hi,

I don't think it is stupied to seek information from people that has
more knowledge that myself. I understand that I must add more info
about my friends hw:
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It certainly isn't stupid to seek information from people, but it is
stupid to seek that information without giving any details.

John.
 
Dave said:
Your getting spam has much more to do with your broadcasting your
email address (are you (e-mail address removed)) than what os you are using.
Assuming one takes reasonable precautions, viruses are not a problem.
Spam is, I used to get a lot, now I get virtually none. I believe
isp's are helping out here. All I did was get new addresses and stop
showing in ng's).
Dave Cohen
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Not so. I get maybe one spam a week from a de-munging of my newsgroup
posting address. I get somewhere between 100 and 200 spams a week from the
email address on our website, addressed to role accounts with our website
registration, and logical guesses like sales@-xxx."

A munged newsgroup-only address certainly does cut down on spam.

Still, most spam comes from trojaned personal computers. These desktop
machines GOT the trojan because the user wasn't diligent enough to prevent
the infection (I'm certain no one intentionally loaded a spam generator).

Recognizing this lack of diligence, MS ramped up its detection/prevention of
such nastiness and this increased capability benefits us all.

Consider an email administrator at a large university. 35,000 students (all
with email addresses), 10,000 faculty and staff, departments, administration
offices, etc. Then remember that once an email address GETS on a spammer's
list, they never remove them. This means that FORMER students continue to
get mail! Bottom line, the email admin has to fuss with 100,000-plus bits of
spam from ONE spammer. Per day.

It's not unusual for the admin to have to winnow out ten million spams per
month from the incoming stream. And Lord help him if he sequesters a legit
piece of traffic!
 
xxx_ said:
The experts requirements at CNET are a 1.4 GHz processor, 1GB of system
RAM (I personally recommend at least 1.5GB or 2 GB of RAM), 64MB 100%
DirectX 9 graphics card with Pixel Shader 2.0 hardware support and hard
disk size of 20GB and 15GB free space (I recommend at least 80GB hard
disk). This means that you do not need a Dual or Quad core processor
just for Windows Vista.
http://vista-tutorials.classes.cnet.com/can-my-pc-run-vista/
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This may be of interest:

http://www.news.com/Windows-XP-outshines-Vista-in-benchmarking-test/2100-1016_3-6220201.html

John.
 
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