"clifto" <clifto******.com> wrote in message
news:2oo6h5-899.ln1@remote.clifto.com...
> Billy Smith wrote:
>> "Rene Brehmer" <rene@metalbunny.net> wrote in message
>> news:1v0tie1m9l70g$.qlzqjiap3bc0$.dlg@40tude.net.. .
>>> On Fri, 30 May 2008 06:25:56 -0700, dave wrote:
>>>
>>>> David wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Windows XP is fast, RELIABLE, and meets the needs of the vast majority
>>>>> of PC users
>>>>>
>>>> Huh!? XP is klunky and wastes resources. Puppy Linux works better for
>>>> most routine tasks.
>>>
>>> Yes, but Vista takes the cake as the worst piece of crap to come out of
>>> Richmond yet. I'm surprised noone's taken them to court yet for selling
>>> a
>>> clearly unfinished product as anything but a beta.
>>>
>>> I work with Windows all day. That's why we have a Mac at home.
>>> --
>>> Rene Brehmer
>>> IT Technician
>>>
>>> North Hill Inn
>>> http://www.northhillinn.com
>>
>> That's funny. I have three computers running on Vista utilizing them
>> playing
>> music, movies, word processing, document saving, and about every
>> application
>> you can use. No problems here just as long as you really know what you
>> are
>> doing. Maybe its not the software causing the problem but the user not
>> knowing how to properly operate the computer.
>
> Or the owner not being able to afford a 900 terahertz 16-core processor
> with 100 terabytes of memory.
>

What makes this interesting to me is that I paid 200 dollars for the desktop
computer brand new out of the box at Circuit City. Computer was originally
409 dollars and discounted to 200. Worked great right out of the box. I
didn't have a bit of problem with that computer and its about a year old.
Next pieces I bought were two laptops one from last August and the other
this February. HP for both of them and spent 1500 for both of them in total.
Both with 1 GB of ram apiece. 160 GB drive on one and 250 GB on the other.
AMD processor on both 2.0 Ghz plus speed. So basically 700 bucks for one
laptop and 800 for another. I've been seeing desktops for maybe 500-700
which is pretty reasonable.