New Dell on the way

[Gary Max]

Yup I gave up fighting my 8 year old Compaq this week and ordered a new one from Dell.
I have no ideal why I needed a 200G hard drive?????????
All I can say is I hope I can figure out all the new software since I have been useing Windows ME---I also moved up to Adobe 6.0 and Element 4.0.
When get all this working we are going to build a web site---heck maybe I can save on gas.
I am going to keep the old one around until I get the new one going.

 

[intillzah]

Trust me, you'll find a lot of use for that 200GB hard drive.... And as for vista.... It's not for me, but for an user like yourself (or like you going from ME to Vista). It'll be nice...

 

[TellicoTurning]

I used an e-Machine with ME when I was working... worked great for me.

My personal home computer was a hand me down Sony Viao that I really liked,but only had a 20G hard drive, so I up-graded to a DELL with XP and 80G hard drive... works okay, but I find it to be very very noisy... the fan will kick on and sounds like a small Cessna about to take off. I called Dell and the only advice I got was, "reformat the hard drive and reload the XP" (This was from DELL tech service in INDIA.. where I got hold of "Mike". When I got a Trojan virus, I had to wipe the hard drive clean and reload everthing... I still have a CESSNA. If I could go back and re-purchase, I would opt for the e-Machine again... less cost and just as strong.
200G of hard drive will always be handy.. you'll be surprised at how much use you will find.

 

[rlharding]

I had vista taken off my laptop and Windows XP put on. The technician said it couldn't be done and that there was nothing wrong with Vista. I told him that if he read the industry mags he would see there are lots of problems with it.

Consider doing the same if you don't like it.

 

[Gary Max]

I bought XP pro with service pack 2---what ever the heck that is.
Also spent $79.00 extra for 3 years of warranty with tech support here in the USA---I ain't dealing with India.

 

[smoky10]

How did you, get XP pro? I didn't think they were installing it any more but you are much better off with it. Are you going to get fast access or stay with slllloooooowwwww dial-up? [}]

 

[Gary Max]

Heck Tom there is no "fast" down here----we are happy they have phone lines.
I bought my Dell from Dell Business---I have heard a lot of good thing about these folks.

 

[Ron Mc]

The problem with XP Pro is that the last "service pack" #3 was available for download a couple weeks ago and that's it. No more pathes for XP Pro.

Yes XP Pro is marvelous! I have it running on 2 desk tops and 2 laptops. Yet, I just purchased a laptop for my youngest son as a graduation gift and it is running Windows Vista Premium, or whatever it is called and I really like it. I have heard that you don't want to purchase the version that is an upgrade from XP so when I change all machines I will wipe out the hard drives and reload a stand alone version.

Just my 2 cents.