Squeeeee!

[fieryjen]

I can do discipline.

Goodie! I could do with being disciplined.

 

[fieryjen]

Now I just have to figure out where to put my old computer while setting up the new one and all that....

I might be gone for a while.

Something's bound to go wrong at some point.

 

[fifty5]

My dad uses Vista... but he's got like four different OS' on a bunch of computers and he likes working out kinks and all that, so I guess it's for him. Even so, the only positive he can come up with for Vista is that it's 64 bit. He didn't recommend it for me, either.

Are any of them Linux?

I ask, because a new box is a great opportunity to try it out - if you don't like it, you've got the discs to wipe it, but right now you've got the disk space to put that on as well as 'Doze. And you can use the same distribution as him, so you've got a handy guru.

And harking back to the criticism of Vista as badly done Mac, remember that Mac OS-X is a proprietary face on the top of Linux. And Linux costs only the price of a writeable DVD (I assume the new box writes DVDs). And that's for the 64-bit versions like the 32-bit versions, and the multiprocessor version too (installed automatically if relevant).

Dual boot ('Doze AND Linux) gives you the best of both worlds - and both can run the best software, Firefox, Open Office, Thunderbird (use your email identically under both OSs) and so on.

Once you get into it, which isn't hard these days, it is so liberating to know that you'll never have to pay over a dollar for an OS again!

But the big advantage is you can use a witty name reflecting its two faces! Do you fancy having a 'bi' computer?

 

[fieryjen]

It's alive!

It's a bit odd having to get used to a different scree and the screen res that goes with it.

Damn you, Dell, for only giving me the option to connect a USB mouse. I like my old one and I don't want to have to get a converter.

And may I remark that whoever designed that plug for my wireless antenna deserves to die a slow and painful death.

But at least it's working. Where my old computer always had a million problems and required a gazillion compromises and a bunch of tears and sweat before I could get some sort of internet to work, this one just... connects, and here I am. Awesome.

 

[fieryjen]

Are any of them Linux?

I ask, because a new box is a great opportunity to try it out - if you don't like it, you've got the discs to wipe it, but right now you've got the disk space to put that on as well as 'Doze. And you can use the same distribution as him, so you've got a handy guru.

And harking back to the criticism of Vista as badly done Mac, remember that Mac OS-X is a proprietary face on the top of Linux. And Linux costs only the price of a writeable DVD (I assume the new box writes DVDs). And that's for the 64-bit versions like the 32-bit versions, and the multiprocessor version too (installed automatically if relevant).

Dual boot ('Doze AND Linux) gives you the best of both worlds - and both can run the best software, Firefox, Open Office, Thunderbird (use your email identically under both OSs) and so on.

Once you get into it, which isn't hard these days, it is so liberating to know that you'll never have to pay over a dollar for an OS again!

But the big advantage is you can use a witty name reflecting its two faces! Do you fancy having a 'bi' computer?

Yes, my dad uses Linux. I've got a Linux CD and I've had it installed before, too, but I just don't do enough that warrants using it. I do agree that it's a good system, but... for me personally, considering the things I use this computer for, there's just no point.

I do want a bi computer though. Just because.

And the name I ended up giving it is deliciously ambiguous, too. Hooray.

 

[sweetness6280]

*rips clothes off and does the happy dance*

Did it come with a cam?

 

[fieryjen]

Did it come with a cam?

Sadly, no.

You're going to have to use your imagination.

 

[lil_elvis]

...and here I am. Awesome.

Yup. Almost as awesome as that AV

 

[fieryjen]

Yup. Almost as awesome as that AV

Thank you.

 

[sweetness6280]

Sadly, no.

You're going to have to use your imagination.

That I can do.

 

[fieryjen]

Now, to install all that is necessary and make some changes to the interior design...

First order of business (Firefox) is already taken care of. IE is just too icky for me to use it for any amount of time that isn't absolutely necessary. .

 

[fieryjen]

That I can do.

Oh, I hope I look pretty in your mind.

 

[fifty5]

Yes, my dad uses Linux. I've got a Linux CD and I've had it installed before, too, but I just don't do enough that warrants using it. I do agree that it's a good system, but... for me personally, considering the things I use this computer for, there's just no point.

Well, its yours and you are the only judge, but to me, the fact that the next umpteen OS upgrades will ALL be free, except for the DVDs to record them, is a bit of a point. Almost any version of Linux that fits on one CD is well out of date (though my firewall installation actually fits on one floppy, but that's exceptional). The question to me is what do you do that justifies 'Doze? Especially when you can have it both ways...

I do want a bi computer though. Just because.

And the name I ended up giving it is deliciously ambiguous, too. Hooray.

My bottom line is that I'm glad that you are happy.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Oh, I hope I look pretty in your mind.

You are always beautiful in mine Jen.

 

[fieryjen]

Well, its yours and you are the only judge, but to me, the fact that the next umpteen OS upgrades will ALL be free, except for the DVDs to record them, is a bit of a point. Almost any version of Linux that fits on one CD is well out of date (though my firewall installation actually fits on one floppy, but that's exceptional). The question to me is what do you do that justifies 'Doze? Especially when you can have it both ways...

My bottom line is that I'm glad that you are happy.

Thank you.

As I said, Linux requires some effort to get to know it, and since I don't like fiddling around with things, it's not worth it to me. I'll freely admit that I'm too complacent.

 

[fieryjen]

You are always beautiful in mine Jen.

Aw.

 

[fieryjen]

Now, to install all that is necessary and make some changes to the interior design...

First order of business (Firefox) is already taken care of. IE is just too icky for me to use it for any amount of time that isn't absolutely necessary. .

Next item on the list: Adobe Flash Player.

 

[DesertPirate]

Yes, for sure.

Everyone keeps telling me how Vista just takes some "getting used to". That would be fine if anyone could ever tell me the advantages (that are relevant to me) to offset that inconvenience.

I pay a little bit extra for the downgrade, but I also get both Vista and XP on CDs to re-install at my leisure. If I ever do want to experiment with Vista, I can do it. And then I can make it go away again, too. That's kind of nice.

XP is actually an upgrade from Vista, inspite of what the M$ Propaganda Dept says
Congrats Jen

 

[DesertPirate]

Next item on the list: Adobe Flash Player.

Try using Thunderbird for email too.

 

[fieryjen]

Me on the phone just now: "Uh, I might just have accidentally uninstalled some drivers. Is that bad?"

Husband: "You did what? Which drivers??"

Me: "Well, the keyboard doesn't seem to work anymore."


I was really sort of kidding. The keybard stopped working just after I'd uninstalled some junk I don't need, and that was a little disconcerting. But I just needed to re-plug it, apparently.

 

[fieryjen]

XP is actually an upgrade from Vista, inspite of what the M$ Propaganda Dept says
Congrats Jen

Thanks.

 

[fieryjen]

Try using Thunderbird for email too.

Nah, I use Gmail and that works fine for me the way it is. Thanks for the tip though.

I try to avoid having too many programs, I am mortally afraid of a cluttered computer.

 

[JackLuis]

My computer is here!

It just arrived! I've got a brand-spankin-new computer! A working one! One that's to my exact specifications! One I can write on! One I can play my games on!

And obviously I'm excited enough to start an entire thread about it!

*rips clothes off and does the happy dance*

And I'll need to name the new computer. Any suggestions?

Alora

 

[JackLuis]

Alora

Or

Aloro since you like Maleness?

 

[fieryjen]

I ended up naming it Artemis, actually, which I've been mulling over for a while.

It works well in many different ways. Artemis is a strong Goddess, which is cool (and that's the female side), but I usually use characters from books to name my things after, and this one is also from Artemis Fowl, the barely-teenaged (not quite) evil genius (and that's the male side).

And I can't name anything after anything else I'm also responsible for naming. I don't want to draw inspiration from my own inspiration, if that makes any sense. It just doesn't work for me.

I do appreciate the suggestion though.