Buying new laptop...Did I make the right choice?

[Devlinite]

There is a feature in XP called Automatic update... People should actually use that more often!

[Jason]

i never used automatic update, found it to intrusive.... but i never had any probs with xp, because i did check for updates every now and then... it doesnt take more than 30 secs, and possibly a reboot...

i think people jump on MS a little too fast when it comes to these security holes etc... i have a feeling a few would be exploited on osx or any other OS if there were as many people looking for them (at the same time xp, makes it a bit easier with some of its default services running)

oh well, if ya got an educated user, you really cant go wrong, thats why its all just going to get better and better i say

[legacyb4]

Yup, and when you are running a Windows network with domain users set to Power Users or less, at the end of the day it's me who still has to make sure that every blood PC is properly patched.

Forget about expecting that users (especially in an office) will take the time nor care to maintain their own workstations...

By the way, is there any reason you are on this board other than to stir up feelings of negativity? If you have that much time on your hands, take it over to ZDNet where the Windoze and Linux folks take it out on each other...

[Jason]

MS should implement a feature for an administrator to automatically install updates across a network whenever they feel needed... it would make things much easier (i worked in a couple labs as a tech for a while as well)

[Arden]

Okay, enough, he's gotten the idea (I think).

I'd say, a year from now, you could sell a currently new 1 Ghz iMac for oh, $800-1000, so about 25-40% depreciation.

[RacerX]

Originally posted by Devlinite
There is a feature in XP called Automatic update... People should actually use that more often!

There is a feature in XP where a number of ports are left completely open... Microsoft should have actually never used that feature!

Actually that is the primary problem with Windows. Microsoft ships Windows with a ton of features that the average user doesn't need enabled by default. The people (a small minority of Windows users) that these features are aimed at would know enough to enable them as they needed them. By contrast, the vast majority of users who have no need for these features are completely clueless as to how to turn these extras off.

Use Windows if you want, but be aware of the price of using any Microsoft product.

Some interesting reading:

• Microsoft Office
  Microsoft Windows

Best of luck with your PC.

[Giaguara]

Originally posted by Devlinite
Us canadians, have to pay double for anything you americans get. So getting an apple is quite demotivating for its cost. So if I am going to pay alot, I expect more than a G3 or a G4. i need an Ibm G5, so it lasts me long enough.

It's not a double price. Think about Europeans. They still pay a lot more. And I got my Mac in Europe. (=a lot more).

Apples hold their value better. You get far better price for an old mac than for an old peecee. And the Apples work longer, still many people use computers that can run only classic - as they can do all they need with them, and don't need or just have money or willingness to update to X.

Now good night.

[Cat]

Do you recall how he argued that a wintel XP is actually cheaper than a Mac because of Warez? Funny, I use free software all day, it's called OpenSource: not something a window$ luser would have heard about clearly...