Text 26409, 124 rader
Skriven 2007-01-23 18:44:57 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 26398 av John Massey (1:123/789.0)
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John Massey -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 JM> Ed Hulett -> John Massey wrote:
 EH>> John Massey -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 JM>>> Ed Hulett -> John Hull wrote:
 EH>>>> John Hull -> John Massey wrote:
 JH>>>>> John Massey -> Ed Hulett wrote:


 JM>>>>>>>> Now I need to find out if Vista will wipe all of the early
 JM>>>>>> versions of
 JM>>>>>>>> Microsoft (and several non-Microsoft) programs on her old 98 box
 EH>>>>>>> and see
 JM>>>>>>>> if I can find new versions of the ones that will not work with
 JH>>>>> Vista.

 EH>>>>>>> Go to www.microsoft.com and follow the links to see if your
 JM> wife's
 EH>>>>>>> system is compatible with Vista. I don't think there will be an
 JM>>>>>> upgrade
 EH>>>>>>> available from Win98 to Vista.

 EH>>>>>>> There are 4 versions of Vista, Home Basic, Home Premium,
 JM> Business,
 JH>>>>> and
 EH>>>>>>> Ultimate.

 EH>>>>>>> Click on this link:







 JM> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx

 EH>>>>>>> and download Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor and run it to see what
 EH>>>>>>> hardware and software on your PC is Vista compatible.

 JM>>>>>> Thanks that will be most helpful.

 JM>>>>>> I know her 2001 computer with an AMD 64 w/320 mb of memory is just
 EH>>>> not
 JM>>>>>> enough horsepower, so I expect to buy a new machine with Vista
 JM> Home
 JM>>>>>> Premiun installed. After that It's just a matter which of her
 JH>>>>> genealogy
 JM>>>>>> programs we will be able to reinstall.

 JH>>>>> Well, you can dump a bunch of money into a new box with Vista, but
 EH>>>> that
 JH>>>>> is still no guarantee her programs will work.  The computer she has
 EH>>>> now
 JH>>>>> will work just fine with Win 2000.  Only thing I would do is add
 EH>>>> enough
 JH>>>>> memory to get her up to 512m.  Otherwise you have plenty of
 EH>>>> horsepower,
 JH>>>>> and $200 instead of $1000.

 EH>>>> Win2K would work and, as you say, it will be supported for a couple
 JM>>> more
 EH>>>> years.

 EH>>>> OTOH, a new system can be bought for less than $1000 with up to
 EH>> 1GB of
 EH>>>> system RAM and a very large HD. Many of the new systems will
 EH>> include a
 EH>>>> DVD/RW for system backup and all your multi-media needs.

 JM>>> 2 gig, 320gig hard drive, and the kitchen sink, preloaded with XP and
 JM>>> free upgrade to Vista,  $889 with $50 in store gift card.

 EH>> Wow, now that would be super fast on Linux.



 JM> I see you guys talking about Linux, What about it makes it better than
 JM> MS XP or 2000?

Linux doesn't have as much overhead as Windows has. Much of that overhead in
Windows is there to make the computing experience easier on the user.

Linux has a bit of a learning curve, but once you know what you are doing, you
can do anything with it that you can with Windows.

There are several new distributions of Linux that are almost as easy for  the
casual computer user as M$ Windows. *Almost.*

The top distro in that category is Ubuntu Linux. It has an easy graphical
installer and a familiar look and feel for most M$ users.

 JM> Isn't Linux more for people that know a lot about how computer work amd
 JM> how to program them, as opposed to those of us that just use them?

Many distributions are not aimed at the average user and should be avoided if
you are just interested in taking a look. Distros like Ubuntu, Knoppix, Gentoo,
Linspire, etc. are more mainstream and don't have as steep a learning curve as,
for example, Slackware (although Slack is getting easier to install and use
with each new release).

I'd suggest for you to just stick with M$ Windows unless you want to play
around with Linux a bit. Ubuntu, Knoppix, and several others have a "Live CD"
that allows you to boot from the CD and play around with it without wiping out
what you have on your hard drive.

Ed

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