Comments on: ‘We Remove Vista, Install XP’ http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/04/10/17/we-remove-vista-install-xp/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:04:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: snuzy mandrake http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/04/10/17/we-remove-vista-install-xp/#comment-135924 snuzy mandrake Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:27:23 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/04/10/17/we-remove-vista-install-xp/#comment-135924 i bought a machine with vista on it a few weeks ago and quickly developed a seething hatred for both the operating system and the computer itself. luckily it was quick enough to be within dell's return policy deadline. i sent it back and got a mac. now i'm happy as a clam (if clams are indeed happy) i bought a machine with vista on it a few weeks ago and quickly developed a seething hatred for both the operating system and the computer itself. luckily it was quick enough to be within dell’s return policy deadline. i sent it back and got a mac. now i’m happy as a clam (if clams are indeed happy)

]]> By: somegirl http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/04/10/17/we-remove-vista-install-xp/#comment-135908 somegirl Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:41:20 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/04/10/17/we-remove-vista-install-xp/#comment-135908 when my (third in less than 5 years) laptop suddenly died last summer i was afraid i would have to replace it, and started searching frantically for ones that had xp on them. fortunately a reformatting fixed it but anyway...i have never loved windows, but it's what i started out on, well after dos that is. most of my friends use macs but i just can't get the hang of them. i hate them visually. i do have that added brain injury problem that makes it so hard to learn anything new, which is probably my biggest obstacle to switching to mac, but even so. i can't stand that they don't have delete and backspace options, and i'd have to change a 15 year habit of cursor positioning, and i want a one button window maximizer, or always open maximized option. maybe these do exist and my friends never use them so can't show them to me. so mac users, if you can tell me how to do those things i will make the switch when this piece of shit dies. when my (third in less than 5 years) laptop suddenly died last summer i was afraid i would have to replace it, and started searching frantically for ones that had xp on them. fortunately a reformatting fixed it but anyway…i have never loved windows, but it’s what i started out on, well after dos that is. most of my friends use macs but i just can’t get the hang of them. i hate them visually. i do have that added brain injury problem that makes it so hard to learn anything new, which is probably my biggest obstacle to switching to mac, but even so. i can’t stand that they don’t have delete and backspace options, and i’d have to change a 15 year habit of cursor positioning, and i want a one button window maximizer, or always open maximized option. maybe these do exist and my friends never use them so can’t show them to me. so mac users, if you can tell me how to do those things i will make the switch when this piece of shit dies.

]]> By: Strudel & Shotguns http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/04/10/17/we-remove-vista-install-xp/#comment-135900 Strudel & Shotguns Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:37:05 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/04/10/17/we-remove-vista-install-xp/#comment-135900 Then there's Mac. No muss, no fuss. Turn it on and drive. Then there’s Mac. No muss, no fuss.
Turn it on and drive.

]]> By: Ten Bears http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/04/10/17/we-remove-vista-install-xp/#comment-135899 Ten Bears Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:13:22 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/04/10/17/we-remove-vista-install-xp/#comment-135899 I'm actually pitching that at Black Cat Computers - the ninety bucks plus a hundred labor is more cost effective for my clientel than the four to five hours (@ fifty an hour, min) it takes to disable all the spyware in Vista and make it run somewhat like they're accustomed to. <i>If</i> they still want to run a Win OS. I'm still with XP Media w/SP2, but my next purchase will be a Mac... I’m actually pitching that at Black Cat Computers - the ninety bucks plus a hundred labor is more cost effective for my clientel than the four to five hours (@ fifty an hour, min) it takes to disable all the spyware in Vista and make it run somewhat like they’re accustomed to. If they still want to run a Win OS. I’m still with XP Media w/SP2, but my next purchase will be a Mac…

]]> By: stick http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/04/10/17/we-remove-vista-install-xp/#comment-135898 stick Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:25:27 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/04/10/17/we-remove-vista-install-xp/#comment-135898 Agreed. I've been running Ubuntu on an old Dell Latitude for over a year, and it rocks! There are lessons to be learned from the Open Source community. Agreed. I’ve been running Ubuntu on an old Dell Latitude for over a year, and it rocks!

There are lessons to be learned from the Open Source community.

]]> By: Erik http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/04/10/17/we-remove-vista-install-xp/#comment-135894 Erik Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:38:00 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2008/02/04/10/17/we-remove-vista-install-xp/#comment-135894 Well there is a free alternative. Try Ubuntu Linux. Installs easily, completely free, no virus problems, no malware or spyware and you do not contribute to Bill Gates. Your peripherals should work just fine. Well there is a free alternative. Try Ubuntu Linux. Installs easily, completely free, no virus problems, no malware or spyware and you do not contribute to Bill Gates. Your peripherals should work just fine.

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