If she's a complete newbie to computers in general i.e. not been spoiled by windows yet, you could try putting ubuntu on there. The latest versions are quite mac like, and you can try it from USB without modifying the hard disk. With windows vista there are only two sensible choices, downgrade it to XP or upgrade it to windows 7.
On 28 January 2011 08:16, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > £93 from PC World, £60 or thereabouts online, much cheaper for an academic > license if she's a student. > > Regards > > Sam > > > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > [email protected] > > On 27 Jan 2011, at 23:47, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: >>> A Windows 7 upgrade would breathe life into that vista-logged turkey >>> >> hmm. how much does that cost? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
