Hi everyone, Ok, this topic is straying away from the topic which was aquestion to see if anyone of you were still running Windows 2000, and if people had plans to upgrade to Vista. If there is no more comments based on those two topics for this thread I'll o ahead and close the topic. Cheers.
shaun everiss wrote: > I will never move to the latest and greatest. > There are 2 things. > If you are hard cure you would probably be with the latest and greatest. > Meaning you would chuck away your crappy computer after 3 months > because thats aparently how long it takes for something to be obselete. > The top models and things are probably the best but the newest means > that not much is known about said things. > I always aim for the 2nd from the top, not the actual top as its hard > to know where that is as tech moves quite fast. > I also upgrade on a needs basis. > If I can get buy with the extra app, system clean, or periodic system > reformat so be it and I often do these things, a defrag and major > system scan once a year and a reformat once or twice every 3 years or > 2 years depending on whats needed. > I always get free upgrades to software and have opensource, freeware > or reasonably free upgrades. > I don't bother with hardware, however in the case of my laptop, I > upgrade with a load of external devices, which although a bit bitsy > still means my laptop is a desktop. > My desktop has 2 cd rom drives, and 3 hard drives. > it also has a scanner, with a network and 2 usb hubs. > Most of this is external. > I also have 2 flash sticks and a floppy drive all external. > So the actual laptop is bigger since it has more modules. > At one time or another I have thought about a desktop and have discounted it. > Laptops are easy to add on and well modules are easy to install/uninstall. > Another thing. > Money aside the accessibility issues, training and so on about > upgrading I do not think has been thought about. > And the os, etc. > Also the functionallity. > Ie you get a force feadback stick like I have. > The things that would use the stick never worked as was supposed to > and I have no room so I now have 300 bucks of stick sitting on a shelf. > So I just got trash since I really do not use it. > So it was not worth the upgrade. > If I upgrade to vista I will need a new computer, screen readers, etc. > But I hardly use all the functions of my current thing. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
