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10-10-2007, 09:03 AM
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OK, I finally broke down and did it. I bought a new notebook with Vista Home Premium yesterday. My old XP machine was dying so I decided to put it out of it's misery. I'll be transferring all my files over to this machine today and then it gets a full retirement.
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10-10-2007, 09:38 AM
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I'm sure my laptop's day is coming. It's two years old and working pretty well, but you never know when the other shoe will drop.
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10-10-2007, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Ivan  I'm sure my laptop's day is coming. It's two years old and working pretty well, but you never know when the other shoe will drop. |
You're dropping your shoes on it? Why didn't I think of that? I've tried 'bout everything else.
The problem with my buying the latest thing is that by the time I finally do no one's raving about it anymore. When I finally broke down and retired my ME from service and got an XP, everyone else had already moved on to Vista. By the time I finally get Vista, who knows what everyone will be raving about. By the way, have bell-bottoms gone out of style yet?
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10-10-2007, 12:32 PM
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I recently purchased a new laptop with Vista. It takes some getting used to. There are a lot of security features that are kind of a pain, especially since I am the only one who uses it.
I have Quickverse, Wordsearch, Pradis and some other programs that I had to spend several days downloading patches for Vista just so my programs would work. Quickverse does not give it for free, it was a cost of $50 but I went ahead and upgraded so I have a lot more books now.
It is kind of a pain but that may be because I am used to XP. I am sure I will get used to it.
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10-10-2007, 01:21 PM
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My couple months old laptop came with Vista. Yikes! Taking getting used to is an understatement. I also upgraded to Office 2007 at the same time. Between the two, the learning curve has proven a pain, especially when you need to apply patches to old programs. For some reason I couldn't get B-safe to work on Vista at home.
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10-10-2007, 06:09 PM
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I forgot about Office 2007 that was another $150. I got a good deal on the computer but have so far spent $300 just to that I can use what I already had with Vista 
Trying to figure out Word is a daunting task, especially with no instuctions. I can't even tell what page I am on when typing and have to go to a completely seperate screen to switch to double space. 
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10-10-2007, 06:21 PM
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[quote=JohnV;313218] Quote:
Originally Posted by Ivan I'm sure my laptop's day is coming. It's two years old and working pretty well, but you never know when the other shoe will drop. | Quote: |
You're dropping your shoes on it? Why didn't I think of that? I've tried 'bout everything else.
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The problem with my buying the latest thing is that by the time I finally do no one's raving about it anymore. When I finally broke down and retired my ME from service and got an XP, everyone else had already moved on to Vista. By the time I finally get Vista, who knows what everyone will be raving about. By the way, have bell-bottoms gone out of style yet?
| I'm the same way. I don't replace anything until it is DEAD!
Although I don't have any bell-bottoms.....[but I need at one time]
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10-10-2007, 06:58 PM
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I was taking "Outside the Box" thinking lessons, but I was stumped after the first lesson. We were asked to bring a box and then quess what was not in it.
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10-10-2007, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Ivan I'm sure my laptop's day is coming. It's two years old and working pretty well, but you never know when the other shoe will drop. | Mine was almost three years old. It's in the closet now. Not really sure what I'm going to do with it.
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10-10-2007, 10:46 PM
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Wow. And here I was thinkin' you'd upgraded to a REAL OS..... 
*runs out of thread*
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10-10-2007, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by shackleton I forgot about Office 2007 that was another $150. I got a good deal on the computer but have so far spent $300 just to that I can use what I already had with Vista
Trying to figure out Word is a daunting task, especially with no instuctions. I can't even tell what page I am on when typing and have to go to a completely seperate screen to switch to double space. | Bear with Office 2007. It is a fabulous improvement over 2003. It's capabilities are far superior, and you don't need to memorize arcane drop down menu nests. (which I had done). It took me like 2 months and I use Word now faster than I ever did.
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10-11-2007, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackCalvinist Wow. And here I was thinkin' you'd upgraded to a REAL OS.....
*runs out of thread* | AMEN.
<-- messes around with Vista on his Mac every once in a while
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