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Post subject: I Saw the Light! Adventures On the Epic Net!  Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 3:52 am |
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Post subject: I Saw the Light! Adventures On the Epic Net! Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:27 am |
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Hi!
I haven't had that particular one happen to me, but there have been other wierd things that usually have to do with some add thing or another on my computer, nothing I can trace to the forums functioning, which is good.
At least you found out a solution, most of the time I just format and clean install....
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Post subject: I Saw the Light! Adventures On the Epic Net! Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 4:41 am |
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... it's all magic to me ... or alien technology ... 
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Post subject: I Saw the Light! Adventures On the Epic Net! Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:45 am |
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Post subject: I Saw the Light! Adventures On the Epic Net! Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:49 pm |
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Well Maksim,
I'm talking to my buddy at the gym and we're working on getting me a wireless lap top, so I can E-mail and surf the net, while at work, during slow periods...
However, even with his discount we're still talking over a Grand ($1000 +)!
In defense of Web TV, it can surf and E-mail generally with the same efficiency as a P.C. and only cost me $130.00 USD. Now they sell them for $100.00 USD!
And my 36 inch Toshiba T.V. is my monitor, that beats a 15 or 20 inch P.C. screen!  ?
This is the only site I had that problem, and now it's easily fixed. And as I said we don't have a computer at work, I manage a large gym, and I do all the accounting and paperwork. No Need for hi-tech! Forbes magazine rated my home town, Youngstown, Ohio, (a former failed Steel town that died in the '70s), 199 out of 200 for the worse economies in the US. We were doing bad, while the rest of the US was doing good. The only other thing we had going for us was the Mob, but even they are "small potatos" in this town now.
So, hopefully I can get this Lap Top down the road! ? ?
And Tas, my priorites include Epic, but since I've been collecting since '90, I've got almost everything... ?
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Post subject: I Saw the Light! Adventures On the Epic Net! Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:58 pm |
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| Quote (primarch @ 21 2003 Aug.,04:27) | | At least you found out a solution, most of the time I just format and clean install.... |
I know the feeling
Just bought a new Sony VAIO desktop (well work bought three)
It comes with XP Home complete with SP1 and 6 USB 2 ports
I installed XP Professional and then SP1 to find the USB 2 ports now thought they were USB 1 ports.
I then started again from scratch (format and install)
I find out today that what happened was that after installed XP Pro and SP1 the PC "forgot" it had USB 2 ports and I had to update the driver (which was included in SP1)....
Nightmare
Can't wait until the G5 arrives... now shipping...
And these forums look great on a Mac.
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Post subject: I Saw the Light! Adventures On the Epic Net! Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 8:18 pm |
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Hi!
Hmm..So many windows XP horror stories. I have never been happier with WinXP, muxh better than 2000 and very stable.
Then I again I prefer Athlon XP processors and motherboards that are optimized for XP. My current laptop are from those hybrid "desknotes", half desktop and half laptop. Very powerful VERY cheap.
A athlon XP 2800, 1 GIG, 40GB harddrive, combined DVD/CD-RW with 4 USB connections costs a little over a 1000 dollars, try getting a standard laptop with the same specification if it was a pentium processor.
I never was all that happy with the performance of the Mac's I have encountered, buts its been a while since I had one at my fingertips and the reviews sounds quite good.
Plus I like the G5 commerical! 
How are Mac's priced nowadays? Still worth the price of several PC equivalents?
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Post subject: I Saw the Light! Adventures On the Epic Net! Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2003 10:43 pm |
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| Quote (primarch @ 21 2003 Aug.,20:18) | | Hmm..So many windows XP horror stories. I have never been happier with WinXP, muxh better than 2000 and very stable. |
I have to admit XP is my personal favourite flavour of Windoze, 2000 is pretty stable, but I will try and avoid 98 if I can (sadly in my job I have to deal with it). As for Windows Me, my old laptop has Me and I use to get the BSOD whenever I switched it on!!
I never was all that happy with the performance of the Mac's I have encountered, buts its been a while since I had one at my fingertips and the reviews sounds quite good. |
I have to admit my G4 Powerbook (originally bought as a test machine) has to be my favourite computer of all time!
It is pretty fast (even though it is now 2 years old) but the best thing for me was the five hours of battery life that made it really worthwhile.
The G5 allegedly is the fastest PC in the world...
I have a dual 2Gghz G5 with 1Gb RAM on order which compared to my 550MHz G4 with 256Mb RAM will speed along...
It will be an interesting comparison to compare the new Mac with my most recent PC as I have just ordered (and got) a Sony P4 3.06GHz with 512Mb Ram
How are Mac's priced nowadays? Still worth the price of several PC equivalents?
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Well the G5 was twice the price of the Sony!!!
However a dual P4 system would be more comparable.
I guess it depends on what you are going to do with it (and how long it will last). The Sony's are replaycing Athlon 1.3s which are now 2 years old. The G5 is for DTP and graphical work.
The 12" G4 Powerbook however looks like it might be worth the money.
However my fave piece of new kit is a HP 120nr Designjet. There is something very satisfying about printing a 36" x 24" poster!
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Post subject: I Saw the Light! Adventures On the Epic Net! Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2003 5:03 pm |
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Man, I love Windows XP Professional, and I didn't think 2000 was anywhere near as bad as the rumors, and I never had a problem with 98. I have always had more hardware problems than software (keep in mind that my last 3 PCs were laptops and I drop them, trip over power cords, leave on for excessive amounts of time downloading, and playing games which will almost overheat my current one). The only thing I can recommend is keep up with the maintenance, download the updates as soon as they are out, and leave enough space on you hard drive so the system will run efficently. The last one is hard for me even though I have 20gigs, but if you aren't using it, stick it on a disk and delete it off your hard drive.
Keep in mind that if you download software, or just install it, software companies have big egos and think you'll love all the icons scattered all over your PC, but the worst is when their programs are set to run in the background all the time at start-up. Of all things, I hate that the most. Quicktime and Real Player like to do that, and I hate nothing more than having something running when I don't need it. I don't know who they think appreciates that. . . anyway, run 'msconfig' and you'll be able to see what is set to run when you PC is starts up and you can cancel them. Sometimes it isn't just Windows that's the problem, but all that you are asking it to do. In some cases, you aren't even aware of it.
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