Windows XP Home activation - emachine

[Leythos]

Leythos,

What do your think of those linux machine priced from 200 to $600
or the minimac 499 and up

I consider hardware only, not the OS. With that in mind, an Antec PSU,
450W, ASUS Motherboard, Celeron 2.8ghz (as a minimum level CPU), 512MB
RAM, onboard video/nic/sound, generic case with 3 fans, CD-RW drive
(DVD-/+RW if they can afford it, floppy, and a 40GB hard drive... That's
more than $200 just for hardware, it's going to run about $500 for the
parts.

If you order that in a branded system it will cost at least $500.

If you put Fedora Core 4 on that type of machine it would be great.

 

[Plato]

We agree, but many people consider communication as a valuable thing,
even a healthy thing. Some people "need" to communicate with others in

Good point re: using a pc for communication as "valuable" and "healthy".
Communication with your buddies with a pc, in my opinion, is healthier
then watching a TV.

Still, since the Internet has become standard in many households, what
is lost is taking a walk at night and actually talking to your
neighbors. What is also lost is kids that used to play outside with the
neighborhood kids now sit in their rooms and chat.

Is this one reason Americans are fatter, yep. Me included.

 

[Plato]

How many of them knew the difference between an OEM, Retail or Dell type
OEM? I am sure MS wants to keep it that way, too, as does Dell et al.

I'd guess none of them.

Added, Generally, a USEnet user is computer savy, and doesn't need to
call a tech to fix niggles. Also added, I'd say many USEnet users just
do it for XXX, and wont call a tech.

 

[Leythos]

Still, since the Internet has become standard in many households, what
is lost is taking a walk at night and actually talking to your
neighbors. What is also lost is kids that used to play outside with the
neighborhood kids now sit in their rooms and chat.

Is this one reason Americans are fatter, yep. Me included.

Yea, but I know many people that are not mobile due to medical
conditions that can't afford long-distance service, they get local phone
service, then dial-up, then a small computer, and they can chat with
anyone in the world with a computer.

 

[Ed]

Still, since the Internet has become standard in many households, what
is lost is taking a walk at night and actually talking to your
neighbors. What is also lost is kids that used to play outside with the
neighborhood kids now sit in their rooms and chat.

A lot of truth to that. However, one could say that people still do
the same thing, its just the medium for doing so that has changed.
Whichever, one has to agree that interaction has grown less personal
and with the anonymity of it all has grown more discourteous and
hateful from those that were never blessed with common intellect to
start with. IOW, to your basic inbred moron, the Internet has been a
Godsend.

Is this one reason Americans are fatter, yep. Me included.

Your wrong! According to a lawyer on the news last year, obesity in
America is caused entirely by the Big Mac.

Regards,
Ed

 

[Plato]

Yea, but I know many people that are not mobile due to medical
conditions that can't afford long-distance service, they get local phone
service, then dial-up, then a small computer, and they can chat with
anyone in the world with a computer.

One of the high points in my life was when I connected an extremely
disabled person to the Internet. Poor guy had to use the keyboard with a
chopstick in his mouth to operate the keyboard. Still, once I got him
online, he was estatic.

 

[Plato]

Your wrong! According to a lawyer on the news last year, obesity in
America is caused entirely by the Big Mac.

For many years I was a huge fan of the Big Mac ever since it was
introduced at the price of $0.49 in the early '70s.

In recent years tho, it seems they have shrunk the meat to a silver
dollar size and are using stale rolls and with-holding the proper amount
of condiments. Today, the Big Mac is simply a white dinosaur.

 

[kurttrail]

Been over ten years, and still, only had one client/customer who knew
what USEnet was. I'd dare say this type of forum is not reality...

I meant the reality of what I wrote, not the USENET.

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