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Doubt it possible to buy a new Laptop or PC that hasn't got Vista of one shade or another pre installed.
Patrick
Your absolutely right Patrick. The Dell Outlet may have a few, but thats about it now.
Ash, Vista is a tarted up XP? Now where did you get that from? It does share some elements, but believe me, Vista is very different from XP in the way it works, feature wise, and security wise.
Your absolutely right Patrick. The Dell Outlet may have a few, but thats about it now.
Ash, Vista is a tarted up XP? Now where did you get that from? It does share some elements, but believe me, Vista is very different from XP in the way it works, feature wise, and security wise.
Admitted this is 6 months out of date but have a read!
Sp3 for xp fixes alot of holes that were missing in xp.
And lets not forget the brief of the thread, a laptop for an old boy to surf the net!
My point was there are alot of laptops out there with xp on for bargain prices, and once upgraded to sp3 are as secure as vista.
Admitted this is 6 months out of date but have a read!
Sp3 for xp fixes alot of holes that were missing in xp.
And lets not forget the brief of the thread, a laptop for an old boy to surf the net!
My point was there are alot of laptops out there with xp on for bargain prices, and once upgraded to sp3 are as secure as vista.
If you go back in time to the launch of the now much loved XP all of the criticisms and grumbles that Vista faces now were said then.
Incompatible drivers were an issue as they have been now, but that is down to the individual hardware manufacturers to make the drivers available many were slow in doing so and some reluctant to work on drivers for older hardware. That is not down to Microsoft.
Yes its resources hungry (its not on its own there by any means look at CS3) but comparatively so was XP when launched all those years ago. I was running if my memory is correct around a 1 GHz processor and 500mb RAM on my PC. Today I have a year old PC with 2.13 GHz dual processor and 4 Gig RAM some four time more powerful by comparing figures direct and with the more efficient designs used these days even more power available.
If a machine is being bought new then there should be no compatibility problems and the machine should have enough power to drive Vista + programs. If it hasn't then it down to the PC/Laptop manufacturer for not producing a suitable product.
I'm approaching pensionable age and don't consider myself an old boy (or man).
I have been computer savvy for the past nine years and can do as much possibly as you youngsters.
This is a modern age where I don't think you can be considered old until your eighties.
Admitted this is 6 months out of date but have a read!
Sp3 for xp fixes alot of holes that were missing in xp.
And lets not forget the brief of the thread, a laptop for an old boy to surf the net!
My point was there are alot of laptops out there with xp on for bargain prices, and once upgraded to sp3 are as secure as vista.
I hear what your saying, and of course in terms of using a laptop for what the brief is, Windows XP would be fine, however, youll be hard pushed to find a new laptop with Vista on it.
As far is security is concerned, XP is no where near as secure as Vista is. If you have used Vista, its security features can almost be annoying with the frequency they pop up!
But there are things going on behind an operating systems GUI also that users dont see, and Vista is far more advanced that XP on this front.
I'm approaching pensionable age and don't consider myself an old boy (or man).
I have been computer savvy for the past nine years and can do as much possibly as you youngsters.
This is a modern age where I don't think you can be considered old until your eighties.
Kindest regards. Barr1e
I had to laugh when I read it Barr1e as he is my 'Baby brother' eleven years younger than I am, therefore, I never think of him as 'An old boy to surf the net!'
True he know nothing about computer yet, but he must be wanting to learn or he would not be going down this route of his own accord.
I had to laugh when I read it Barr1e as he is my 'Baby brother' eleven years younger than I am, therefore, I never think of him as 'An old boy to surf the net!'
True he know nothing about computer yet, but he must be wanting to learn or he would not be going down this route of his own accord.
Appologies everybody, it appears I no nothing about computers and In future Ill stear well away from any such threads:
Come on Ash don't let a thing like knowing what you are talking about stop you, I never do, in fact I have an opinion on everything especially things I know little about, that's the fun of opinions.
Just have to be prepared to be shot down now and again that's all.
I'm approaching pensionable age and don't consider myself an old boy (or man).
I have been computer savvy for the past nine years and can do as much possibly as you youngsters.
This is a modern age where I don't think you can be considered old until your eighties.
Kindest regards. Barr1e
Way to go Barr1e!
I think it's all down to confidence - if you persuade yourself that something new is going be difficult, it probably will be, but not for the right reasons.
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