Re: [CGUYS] first iMac question ug Vista

2007-09-24 Thread mike
You forgot Ultimate edition! Vista is like baskin robins, only not as tasty. Mike On 9/23/07, Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are four flavors of Vista. Home, Home basic, Business and Business Premium. Of the four the upper two are the best of the bunch and from what

Re: [CGUYS] first iMac question ug Vista

2007-09-24 Thread Tom Piwowar
notice the prices are OEM, which is cheaper than the full retail but not supported directly from microsoft, the oem must provide support.. Is this not the stuff that is supposed to be sold only with a computer? * == QUICK

Re: [CGUYS] first iMac question ug Vista

2007-09-24 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
Ultimate and the Business premium I was mentioning are the same cat. And the prices you show there are for OEM. The licence on OEM specifically prohibits it being installed in a virtual computer. MS wants them to spend a whole bunch for a full copy of Business or Ultimate to use it that

Re: [CGUYS] first iMac question ug Vista

2007-09-24 Thread Adil Godrej
There are four flavors of Vista. Home, Home basic, Business and Business Premium. Actually, there are five: Home, Home Basic, Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate (what you are calling Business Premium, I think), in ascending order of what they contain (this can be read to be more good stuff

Re: [CGUYS] first iMac question ug Vista

2007-09-24 Thread Tom Piwowar
I could buy an OEM to go along with the system I built this past year. It would only be valid with that system and could not be transferred over to any other system. That is for people who are building systems for resale, not for their own use.

Re: [CGUYS] first iMac question ug Vista

2007-09-24 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
No it is also being interpreted as being for sale to folks who build their own. Newegg sells them with a warning, --- * Disclaimer: Qualifying proof of purchase must be recent receipts showing the purchase of a mother board, hard drive, RAM and a CPU.

Re: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!

2007-09-24 Thread Constance Warner
It's not just health care. As I see it, the underlying question is: do we, as citizens, want a system in which the highest ethical value is making more money, down to the last penny, no matter what else is lost in the process? Especially when some of the players who are doing the down to the

Re: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!

2007-09-24 Thread Alvin Auerbach
Constance, Just addressing your one point below: If you recall, our Supreme Court ruled that a State could use its power of eminent domain to wrest real property from a citizen, then give that real property to a corporation, if in so doing, they would get more tax revenue from the

Re: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!

2007-09-24 Thread Constance Warner
I don't quite see what the Supreme Court decision about eminent domain has to do with what WalMart does. WalMart often comes into a community, in spite of the community's protests, and does whatever Wal-Mart management wants: build stores, abandon stores, demand tax concessions, wreck downtowns.

Re: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!

2007-09-24 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
First off. Anyone who tries to compete against Walmart head to head is an idiot. Walmart is the largest grocer in town, but I still shop two smaller local stores because 1.) They carry things Walmart does not. 2.) I like their meat selections and quality better! I do not buy everything

Re: [CGUYS] first iMac question ug Vista

2007-09-24 Thread b_s-wilk
New flavor: Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium Shipped with new Compaq notebook. What's the difference? Maybe if we got Vista Ultimate it would have taken less than a week to get online with wireless. Choose your flavor

Re: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!

2007-09-24 Thread b_s-wilk
Constance Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: It's not just health care. As I see it, the underlying question is: do we, as citizens, want a system in which the highest ethical value is making more money, down to the last penny, no matter what else is lost in the process? Especially when some

Re: [CGUYS] One laptop per child: give one and get one

2007-09-24 Thread rlsimon
I saw an IBM x31 laptop on ebay today for $135. What does this one do over that? Also, WalMart has desktops complete for that kinda money on sale. Further, how will it get power? If it has a wind-up or a treadmill for a rat, it might work. Maybe sun power or a windmill?? This sounds like a

Re: [CGUYS] x31 HDD upgrade

2007-09-24 Thread rlsimon
3yrs -Original Message- From: mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 4:41 PM Subject: Re: x31 HDD upgrade What is the warranty on the WD? Mike On 9/23/07, rlsimon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...oh yeah, why did I choose WD ?? ...postings said it's the

Re: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!

2007-09-24 Thread Tom Piwowar
Is there a video featuring a better-run company like Costco--not including 'Idiocracy' or 'Employee of the Month' [although Mike Judge's Idiocracy was funny]? There are plenty of companies that have management with consciences, just not Walmart--one of the most expensive places to shop.

Re: [CGUYS] [ OT WARNING!!!!

2007-09-24 Thread Rev. Stewart Marshall
On that I see no disagreement. A happy employee is worth a ton of money! They help recruit business. I know this as it is the same or similar model Churches use to grow. Happy members pull other newer members in though the door thereby increasing numbers. How to keep them happy plus make

Re: [CGUYS] One laptop per child: give one and get one

2007-09-24 Thread Chris Dunford
No, it's not a scam. They are rugged, require less power, look friendly to kids (the wireless antennas look like ears), have handles that make them easy to carry, and bright LCDs that are usable in daylight. Desktops, while cheaper to make, wouldn't fullfill the same need. The kids need to

Re: [CGUYS] One laptop per child: give one and get one

2007-09-24 Thread b_s-wilk
Nicholas Negroponte, head of the MIT Media Lab started the OLPC project Wired Magazine had a couple of stories about this in 2005 when the project was fairly new, http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/news/2005/11/69615, photo,