OT for Ray
Hey Ray, my husband is a bit of a computer tech (he fixes my computers when I break them, LOL). You might find that when you do get a new computer that windows xp won’t be too bad of an upgrade for your operating system. I was a long time windows xp professional user and just recently upgraded to windows vista 64 bit, which as I think Steve pointed out, has a lot of issues with older programs, and a lot of games (yes I’m a gamer, LOL). Windows xp is not too much different than the older versions of windows and you shouldn’t have too many issues getting used to it, and it’s a decently solid version of windows from what I have experienced. A lot of people who don’t use older programs and a lot of games find that vista is very user friendly for finding programs and just getting around in general, I must admit that I found all the new stuff they added very interesting and some of it is fun to play with (such as the new windows side bar). But basically it all comes down to what you’re going to buy, unless you get a higher end computer with 3-4 gigs of ram I would stick with windows xp as windows vista needs a lot of ram to operate properly, where-as xp is not as memory hoggy 
My husband says if you go with windows 98 instead of a newer version of windows it’s going to be hard buying stuff (new programs, keyboards, mouse and such) that will run on it as most people don’t make drivers for older windows systems anymore. So I would not suggest sticking with windows 98 unless you’re going to keep your keyboard/mouse and all that as well as the drivers, windows xp and vista both auto search for drivers but don’t always locate older ones very easily, and if they aren’t still up to download somewhere you’re basically SOL Dell sells computers with both windows xp and vista, so I’m sure you could find something decent, I recommend dell only because I’ve never had a gateway (but I’ve heard some bad rumors). Dell is hard to deal with if your computer breaks after the warranty, so I recommend getting a longer warranty, mine broke right after my warranty expired, go figure, LOL. This last computer I got was pieced together, and I’m much happier with it, even if there’s no warranty, besides I live with a computer wiz that can fix it for me, LOL Shhh.
Amber
Raymond Wetzel wrote: > > Hello guys, Just want you guys to know I appreciate all of your > concerns and suggestions regarding my plight, including support from > my fellow club members, senior centers and software recommendations > from all posts up until 8:24 last night. I’ll take them all under > consideration, and while I’d just prefer to get this machine running > as intended I’m sure I need to buy a new machine as this one is plain > getting old — with memory capacity limited to what can be expected > of it; still I fail to see why it can’t operate at least decently the > way it was designed to when first marketed - but I think the time has > come to up-grade. Even without being a ‘puter wiz, I’m sure its > problems are internal and not due to anything internet related. > > These problems may be fixable, as I’ve had the machine in for similar- > problem repairs from time to time but I can’t see dumping more money > into it when its capacity is limited anyway. With the market’s > recent encouraging rise over the last few sessions, hopefully that > time may not be too far off. Just as the current financial situation > has affected so many others, my portfolio has similarly been down > about 32% since September and I just don’t feel comfortable getting a > big (or medium) ticket item at this time, not that I couldn’t. Its > probably more psychological that this recession is bothering me > rather than an actuality, since my situation hasn’t really changed; > I’ll no doubt splurge for this need of something newer sooner than > later — just old ingrained ways of thinking from early experiences > during the War that sometimes brings out the frugality in me (LOL). > I’m seeing where Dell is offering some nice deals on PC’s and I’ve > also been looking at Gateway as a good product. > > As I still have the Windows 98 software, and am so used to its > operation, I’m just wondering if I should install that OS in a new > computer with all the controversy I see about other OS’s, or would I > just be limiting a new PC’s abilities? I don’t want to get an OS > that would give me more problems than its worth in getting used to > it. Anyway, for the time being, I’ll be struggling with this beast > until I make myself reach deeper into the pockets (hopefully soon). > Many thanks for all the help, Ray > > —In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > , “Harl Myers” > wrote: > > > > Nice to know about the invite thing… And I have 96 of them > left… Now > > if I could trade them in for a 96 gal. tank… > > > > Hope all of you guys can help Ray out! > > > > Harl > > > > > > On 1/2/09, Lenny V. aka GoldLenny wrote: > > > > > > Harl, > > > > > > Just to let you know, in case you didn’t know, Gmail doesn’t have > to be by > > > invites any longer. It’s open to everyone now for about the past > two years. > > > Just go to http://www.Gmail.com > > and sign > up. I > > > know they still give us the > > > Invite bot on the Gmail home page > > > > > > It is still called Beta for some strange reason. No telling why > Google has > > > decided to keep it in Beta this long??? Google’s answer is they > are always > > > working on new features but that could be said for almost any > software that > > > exists. Some have speculated that Google keeps it in Beta for > legal reasons > > > so they don’t have to be as liable for any mishaps. I hope they > don’t start > > > a trend. I was one of the original group of Beta testers when it > first > > > started up.. not the first 1,000, but an invitee from one of > those first > > > 1,000 users. I have over 46,000 emails saved in my first Gmail > account > > > dating back to June, 2004 (Gmail started in April 2004) and still > going… > > > only 18% full which isn’t really correct since Google is > constantly raising > > > the bar on storage limitation. They launched Gmail offering 1Gig > of storage > > > which was mind-boggling for a free email service back then. > Hotmail was > > > only offering 2MB and Yahoo was offering 4MB. Since then, all of > the > > > freebies have increased their storage to the virtually unlimited > levels. > > > > > > I understand that Gmail is now available offline… meaning one > does not > > > have to be connected to the internet to read and compose recent > emails… > > > kind of like an email client such as Outlook but I haven’t tried > it since I > > > use Outlook. > > > http://startupmeme.com/google-calendar-gmail-to-go-offline/ > > > > > > > Heck… the Google Chrome browser didn’t stay in Beta as long as > Gmail has. > > > LOL > > > > > > Fish… had to mention fish to keep this on topic. LOL > > > > > > Lenny Vasbinder > > > Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com > > > > > > (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on > the right > > > side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by > Year, Month) > > > > > > —–Original Message—– > > > From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto: > > > AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com > ] On > > > Behalf Of Harl Myers > > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 6:03 AM > > > To: aquaticlife@yahoogroups.com > > > > Subject: [AquaticLife] OT for Ray > > > > > > “As for the computer, what do you mean by “again”? It’s more > like “still,” > > > or on-going, as in “ever-after” only in this case its > not “happily” . > > > Just lost a long reply to Lenny’s and > \Steve’s// > > > discussion on global warming/climate change, yesterday afternoon. > > > Don’t know if I’ll bother to write it all again. ” > > > > > > I would be happy to send you a gmail invite, as it has a save > draft > > > feature. > > > Or you could use your word processor, or even notepad to type > your replies, > > > save as you go and then cut and paste into the message when you > are > > > complete… > > > > > > If you want a gmail invite just let me know… > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >
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