Posted on 09/30/2012 3:50:06 PM PDT by Allen In Texas Hill Country
My elcheapo Compaq has started acting up. The screen goes blank/blur sometimes when I move it up or down for viewing. Had it 3 or 4 years and don't mind spending another 3 hunert for a new one,,,,,,,,,,, except........
This, since retired computer geek/jerk just doesn't see the need to relearn where everything is in W7 and/or W8. And don't anybody say its all the same. This computer I'm typing on is Vista and I would never try to do any work on it. Only use it for Mozilla. Of the 6 computers I have its the only Vista. Four are XP Pro and one is W7 Home which I haven't turned on in a year or more. I'll put XP on it when the need arises.
So I started looking at new laptops and hhhmmmmmmmm, XP drivers for new chipsets seem nonexistent :<(((((.
Anybody know of a new XP compatible laptop????
Hey, I just went to XP Pro from Win 98 3 years ago.
Well, if you’re really determined to do this — which I wouldn’t recommend to a client, so I don’t recommend it to you — your best alternative is this: buy a new laptop with Windows7 and make sure it has lots of memory. Download VirtualBox (free) and install and run XP in a virtual machine.
Get a Mac Book Pro.
Since you seem bound and determined to stick with the obsolete virus magnet that is WinXP, I would suggest getting another old, used laptop off of Craigslist or eBay, or maybe a local garage sale.
Agreed. You get too far behind the 8-ball Allen, and you create more problems than it’s worth.
Get a Linux Pro.
If you aren’t going to do work on it, and only want to surf the web, get a tablet. If you want to maybe do some work on it, I switched to a MacBook Air and am really happy. Solid state drives, boots in ten seconds. Haven’t really bought much extra software for it.
Per FReeper judgements, Linux is the only politically acceptable computer.
Gates and Ballmer contributed to the Wash St gay marriage initiative and Apple is run by a gay guy.....
No use spending money on new hardware if you’re going to run an old OS.
No use spending money on new hardware if you’re going to run an old OS.
Bump to see the hilarity as the OS wars ensue.
Do not touch Windows 8 yet! Stay with Windows 7. Most of the bugs are out of it and it “works”.
At this stage in Windows8’s development its almost as goofy a Vista was! Wait a couple of years and they’ll get the bugs out of it.
My 4+ year old Toshiba Satellite runs XP and Firefox, but I also have Chrome installed.
It has slowed down quite a bit and has numerous problems such as audio stuttering. I am too old and stupid to know how to fix it, despite running all the normal maintenance and cleanup programs.
I just bought a used Toshiba, from a distressed expat, for my 18 month old boy to watch his U-tube kiddie spots. He already knows how to turn it on and work the up/down keys.
It runs Windows 7, which is a pain for me.
Well, interestingly, while that is clearly a Japanese laptop in the first picture, the Japanese guy in the second shot obviously prefers the American laptop.
Variety is the spice of life...
He said a few hundred dollars, not a few thousand
I have been in the computer business for over 25 years... And I understand the appeal of relative simple operating nature of Win XP. But one cannot go with a no longer supported operating system forever. However, for home / personal / casual use the over done high handed - difficult to overcome security levels of Win 7 are preposterous. For Corporate / Enterprise use what Microsoft has done with Win7 for security is appropriate - but for personal use most of it should simply be allowed to turn it off with a few clicks in a setup routine. I don’t want to run my home systems like an Enterprise network... I want to easily connect to other computers on a two-three station private LAN... But Win7 turns simple computing at home into a pain in the BUTT. I don’t want work - I want ease. This is one reason people strive to stick with XP. And about being a virus magnet... I have used dozens of XP computers in personal and business environments and having a top grade Anti-Virus software installed prevents 99% of all such problems. And some of these A/V Apps are free.
You might check ebay. XP is going away.
So what?
Apple has damn good products....this is about their tech, which is superior, not their sex lives.
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