Getting a Mac Laptop - Page 3

Null · 06-30-2003, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Xantar

My mom has a computer with Windows XP that my brother uses when she's off at work. It's probably a year old by now. I only know what it's been doing this summer since that's when I'm home.

Anyway, we've had two blue screens of death this summer. And all we've been doing is using Kazaa...

Also, even though this computer is a Dell with a 1.8 Ghz Pentium 4 with 512 MB of RAM, it generally behaves slower than my 450 Mhz G4. Maybe Windows XP is clunkier than Mac OS?

Or maybe Dell makes crappy computers?

Win XP does not have a blue screen......... at all.

the blue screen is a Dos screen. XP does not have a dos. it doesnt use dos. closest it has is a simulated dos mod.

only blue screen is the welcome and shut down screens. and even them arent the same blue screen as what your talking about.

IF XP did lock up all it would do is have an error box or something. it wont flick into a dos blue screen tho.

Bond · 06-30-2003, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Yoda9864

First: I'd like to say that you're asking for a blue screen of death if you use kazaa. That thing is so full of viruses, worms, ads, etc.. I mean, I use Norton anti-virus 2003 (keeping it updated) and I get virus warnings from Kazaa Lite too often to count. And some viruses have slipped through and done some s*** to my comp. That was the last time I ever used Kazaa.

Second: IMO, Dell makes crappy computers, lol. Same with Gateway, I can't stand Gateway. 4 out of every 5 computers I fix are Gateways.

You took the words right out of my mouth Yoda. Couldn't have said it better.

Yoda9864 · 06-30-2003, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by manasecret

I bet a whole $100 that your mom doesn't know how to treat the computer.

That's something I really hate. When people don't respect there computers.

I want to slap people in the face when they ask me why their computer doesn't work, and when I look at their desktop, 50 programs like Gator are installed and all are running in the system tray. I mean seriously people, what do you expect when you install all those stupid little programs that nobody has heard of from some backwater internet site??

Xantar · 06-30-2003, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Null

Win XP does not have a blue screen......... at all.

the blue screen is a Dos screen. XP does not have a dos. it doesnt use dos. closest it has is a simulated dos mod.

only blue screen is the welcome and shut down screens. and even them arent the same blue screen as what your talking about.

IF XP did lock up all it would do is have an error box or something. it wont flick into a dos blue screen tho.

Well, I saw a screen with a blue background and white letters saying, "A fatal error occurred" etc. What else do I call it?

Ok, there were a lot more words than in a normal blue screen. There were three paragraphs of stuff. But it was still a blue screen of death.

Maybe I should defrag that hard drive...

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Originall posted by Yoda9864
That's something I really hate. When people don't respect there computers.

I want to slap people in the face when they ask me why their computer doesn't work, and when I look at their desktop, 50 programs like Gator are installed and all are running in the system tray. I mean seriously people, what do you expect when you install all those stupid little programs that nobody has heard of from some backwater internet site??

My mom uses that computer for Excel only (she's an accountant). So I highly doubt she's been installing Gator on it.

As for my brother and me, we've put Kazaa and Mozilla Firebird on the computer. Oh, and some game demos. We're cheap bastards.

Null · 06-30-2003, 06:34 PM

hmmmmmmmmmmm

theres an all blue screen for Scan Disk. it says a lot and scans a whole bunch. but i wouldnt see how that would pop up outa no where

Yoda9864 · 06-30-2003, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Xantar

My mom uses that computer for Excel only (she's an accountant). So I highly doubt she's been installing Gator on it.

As for my brother and me, we've put Kazaa and Mozilla Firebird on the computer. Oh, and some game demos. We're cheap bastards.

I wasn't refering to you Xantar. Just the ignorant people in my neighborhood.

Null · 06-30-2003, 06:42 PM

actually. gator installs itself when you put normal Kazaa on.

kazaa lite dont have it.

gekko · 06-30-2003, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Xantar

Also, even though this computer is a Dell with a 1.8 Ghz Pentium 4 with 512 MB of RAM, it generally behaves slower than my 450 Mhz G4. Maybe Windows XP is clunkier than Mac OS?

Doesn't surprise me. My 2.53ghz P4 seems to run at the same speed, and occasionally slower than my 733mhz G4. The P4 is a more powerful machine, but doesn't seem to run any faster. Don't know the cause of it. Adds a lot of life to the computer though.

Yoda9864 · 06-30-2003, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by gekko

Doesn't surprise me. My 2.53ghz P4 seems to run at the same speed, and occasionally slower than my 733mhz G4. The P4 is a more powerful machine, but doesn't seem to run any faster. Don't know the cause of it. Adds a lot of life to the computer though.

I'm just curious, are we talking speed during games, or during Word, Excel, file searching, etc.?

gekko · 06-30-2003, 08:14 PM

Pretty much everything but games. I don't play games on my Mac. The P4 would blow it away in games, as it should with a faster processor, bus, and better video card. But I was referring to everything but games.

Yoda9864 · 06-30-2003, 08:21 PM

Ok, that's what I figured. That's the main reason I like PC's better than Mac's, gaming. Other than that and price, I guess I really don't have anything against Macs. And I have to say that I like video editing on Macs.

Kitana85 · 06-30-2003, 09:12 PM

I'm glad everyone is so ummm, interested in this thread, but um, could people please tone it down a bit, no bashing etc. I really don't want to have to close this thread, people, PLEASE calm down.

Thank you, and good night.

Null · 06-30-2003, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitana85

I'm glad everyone is so ummm, interested in this thread, but um, could people please tone it down a bit, no bashing etc. I really don't want to have to close this thread, people, PLEASE calm down.

Thank you, and good night.

must be boring being mod of this section.... lol. you look like your trying to find a place to assert power. :P

not sure what your speaking of tho. aside from one post. which was taken care of a while ago.

the descussion is going quite nicely.

Bond · 06-30-2003, 09:25 PM

Yes, this discussion has actually been going much better than the past few we've had in recent days.

manasecret · 06-30-2003, 09:47 PM

Someone mentioned it but I forgot who. Anyway, even plug-and-play has become a lot better with XP than it used to be.

For example, I plugged in an old printer awhile ago into a printer port (not USB), and XP installed the driver itself and it worked great.

Also, every USB product I've ever used with XP automatically brings up software for it or XP lets me look at the files or whatever. Admittedly, I don't use many USB devices, so has anyone else had more experience with that?

I also like how XP will find drivers for me on the internet if I don't know where they are. Or XP will automatically find updates to many of the current drivers I use, like for soundcards and such.

With all of that, a more friendly look and interface than the Win 9x series, and a very stable OS makes me love XP.