Re: [CGUYS] please help with VISTA

2008-08-09 Thread Roger D. Parish
At 12:56 AM -0400 8/9/08, Eric S. Sande wrote: New computer - VISTA - and I feel like I am living in the dark ages. The make and model of the computer and the version of Vista would be helpful information. As would the amount of RAM installed. The quickest and easiest cure for sluggish

Re: [CGUYS] My Macintosh saga

2008-08-09 Thread Jeff Wright
Apple's actual solution? Here is a nice, new, latest and greatest MacBook Pro, 17 inch, 2.5 GHz, 2 gig of memory with a 250 gig hard drive and a Super Drive for you. They are even sending my broken machine back so that I can get data off the hard drive. An awesome outcome is about all I

Re: [CGUYS] My Macintosh saga

2008-08-09 Thread Steve Rigby
On Aug 9, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Jeff Wright wrote: It's not clear what happened here. They sent you a new laptop for $310, for free or you paid retail? I have to pay the $310 flat-rate repair fee as I had already agreed to do that in order to get back into my hands a working computer.

Re: [CGUYS] My Macintosh saga

2008-08-09 Thread Steve Rigby
On Aug 8, 2008, at 7:32 PM, Tom Piwowar wrote: Apple, Inc., gets my vote this week as Best Bestower of Happiness. While it does not always work out this way with Apple, it often does. Other companies should take note: you don't have to abuse your customers to turn a profit. This

Re: [CGUYS] please help with VISTA

2008-08-09 Thread Tom Piwowar
As would the amount of RAM installed. The quickest and easiest cure for sluggish computers is usually more RAM. (Actually the best cure is a better operating system.) * ** List info, subscription management, list rules,

Re: [CGUYS] please help with VISTA

2008-08-09 Thread Tom Piwowar
I'm so frustrated with my new computer that I could scream. I know you must talk about this all the time. New computer - VISTA - and I feel like I am living in the dark ages. Everything takes forever to do and I get a lot of (not responding ) at the top of the screen while the computer is

Re: [CGUYS] please help with VISTA

2008-08-09 Thread Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.
Actually, 32 bit Vista doesn't get better with more RAM; 64 bit does. Eschew Obfuscation This is a reply from: Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. Financial, Managerial, and Technical Services for the Professional, Non-Profit, and the Entrepreneurial Organization

[CGUYS] Power Antivirus 2009 rogue antispyware

2008-08-09 Thread Fred Jones
Power Antivirus rogue antispyware - A friend has it, not sure how it got installed, but will try to remove it tomorrow. Has anyone had any first hand experience with removing this pest? i see several programs that claim to remove it, but i would rather use one that has best chance of working

Re: [CGUYS] My Macintosh saga

2008-08-09 Thread Jeff Wright
I have to pay the $310 flat-rate repair fee as I had already agreed to do that in order to get back into my hands a working computer. It is just that the computer I was expected to get back was the one that had broken down, not a brand spanking new version of my five year old one. Apple

Re: [CGUYS] please help with VISTA

2008-08-09 Thread Chris Dunford
Actually, 32 bit Vista doesn't get better with more RAM; 64 bit does. How do you figure that? * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at

Re: [CGUYS] Power Antivirus 2009 rogue antispyware

2008-08-09 Thread Jeff Wright
Power Antivirus rogue antispyware - A friend has it, not sure how it got installed, but will try to remove it tomorrow. Has anyone had any first hand experience with removing this pest? i see several programs that claim to remove it, but i would rather use one that has best chance of

Re: [CGUYS] My Macintosh saga

2008-08-09 Thread Steve Rigby
On Aug 9, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Jeff Wright wrote: That is indeed a happy ending. They couldn't, however, do this for everyone, obviously. I wonder what their formula for this level of service is? Often, I think, it boils down to the person with whom the customer is dealing. That's why

Re: [CGUYS] please help with VISTA

2008-08-09 Thread mike
32 bit can only address 3 gigs of ram for the OS. Mike On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Actually, 32 bit Vista doesn't get better with more RAM; 64 bit does. How do you figure that?

Re: [CGUYS] please help with VISTA

2008-08-09 Thread Chris Dunford
Actually, 32 bit Vista doesn't get better with more RAM; 64 bit does. How do you figure that? 32 bit can only address 3 gigs of ram for the OS. Well, that's an oversimplification, but even so it's not the same as saying that 32-bit Vista doesn't get better with more RAM. Vista with 2 or 3

Re: [CGUYS] please help with VISTA

2008-08-09 Thread mike
I was over simplifying what he meant, not explaining what he said. Mike On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Chris Dunford [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Actually, 32 bit Vista doesn't get better with more RAM; 64 bit does. How do you figure that? 32 bit can only address 3 gigs of ram for the

Re: [CGUYS] My Macintosh saga

2008-08-09 Thread Tom Piwowar
With this in mind, it makes me wonder why they are being so indifferent to their early-adopting iPhone customers. WFBs urging Apple to never lower prices or introduce exciting new features. I guess they want Apple to act more like Microsoft.

Re: [CGUYS] My Macintosh saga

2008-08-09 Thread Jeff Wright
WFBs urging Apple to never lower prices or introduce exciting new features. I guess they want Apple to act more like Microsoft. Or...maybe, just maybe, they might not gouge their loyal following to begin with. Na What's the Apple equivalent of Battered Spouse Syndrome?

Re: [CGUYS] My Macintosh saga

2008-08-09 Thread b_s-wilk
Often, I think, it boils down to the person with whom the customer is dealing. That's why I want to take the time to praise the woman who helped me, and to make sure that Apple realizes the value they have in good and responsive employees such as her. With this in mind, it makes me wonder why

Re: [CGUYS] My Macintosh saga

2008-08-09 Thread Jeff Wright
The iPhone is different, as are all new Mac products. There was nothing wrong with the iPhone. It worked; it was unique, a conversation piece, literally. A new version came out. Apple offered a $100 rebate. That's better than most products. When you buy a new electronic toy, guaranteed that a