Billy Smith wrote:
>
> "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.

And these miracle babies all run Vista flawlessly?