O/T: Vista

Swingman wrote in news:zvydnVQASZychnPTnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

So far I like my Asus X53E. It was not expensive. Core i3 2.1GHz, 8 MB RAM, Win7 Pro 64 bit.

On 12/18/2011 10:29 AM, Swingman wrote: > On 12/18/2011 7:34 AM, Larry Jaques wrote: >

Ok, ;~) That last sentence is just going to confuse Larry, being that HF is his first choice of stores to buy from.

Sorry Larry, I could not resist. ;~)

Because of the quality issue and ESPECIALLY because of the Indian tech service my 8th Dell order was my last. My last computer was built by my neighbor, he runs his own computer business.

The components in the Dell are fine, it is the construction that is below par. Keyboard rattles and flexes, there are gaps where the parts fit together, etc. Put those two machines side by side, the new one and the one built six years ago, and the difference _quality_ can be both seen and felt.

I believe that Dell's top of the line computer is

a PC ... much too fancy for any business. :)

Their standard business line is Vostro, which is basically much less expensive than either the XPS or Alienware machines.

"the Dell from Hell"

I had to stop that when I moved to Oregon. There are no Asian computer stores here to work with. I used to build my own from selected components but can't do it any more, at least not inexpensively.

And speaking of the complete other side of the world...

A guy called me at 4:51 this morning to tell me that he was Charley Dunn and he wanted to talk to me about my computer maintenance. His Indian accent was so strong, it took a few seconds for me to even recognize it as Indian, with inklings of English mixed in. I said "Thank you, but I don't need your services. Goodbye." As I was hanging up, I heard him continuing his spiel. I get 2 or 3 of these Indian marketing calls every week, and I tell most of them to put my name on the Do Not Call list. Every one of them tells me they will. Uh, huh. I usually stop them in midstream when I hear the Indian dialect, and ask if this is a sales call. Half are honest and say yes, when I tell that I'm not buying, and PPMOYDNCL. The other half start their spiel anyway so I yell "PPMOYDNCLthanksgoodbye" CLICK, until next week.

I'm still waiting for someon to put a 60kV button on the phone so we can let these obnoxious marketers (who won't take no for an answer) exactly how we feel about their calls.

-- If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door. -- Lois McMaster Bujold

Ayup.

Nope.

From what I've heard, repeatedly: Ayup.

-- If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door. -- Lois McMaster Bujold

giganews.com:

Allow me to be the first to shockingly exclaim "8MB RAM?"

No wonder it wasn't expensive. ;-)

innews:zvydnVQASZychnPTnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

Kinda skinny, ain't it. Mine has 1,000 times more RAM. ;~)

Leon wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

"Larry Jaques" wrote

No need for anything that fancy. An aerosol can air horn does an excellent job of communicating your wishes.

It's really 2^10 = 1024 times as much. Geeze... : )

I'll bet the recidivism rate is far less with my ploy, though.

-- If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door. -- Lois McMaster Bujold

No, a gig is 1000 times more than a meg. He probably should have said

Leon wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

Actually, the properties under mycomputer says: 8.00GB (7.79 GB usable)

Not Linux either. Linux is a knock-off of a 50-year old operating system designed by a money-losing division of your local telephone company. As of today, it runs about 2% of the world's computers and most of those are in a parent's basement.

...and it lacks the wide variety of anti-virus programs available on windows.