Re: eMachines OEM XP woes - time to buy $tandard?

"kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Kerry Brown wrote:
>> "kurttrail" <dontemailme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> message news:OlrGAL%23TFHA.2872@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> JS wrote:
>>>> kurttrail wrote:
>>>>> JS wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike Hall (MS-MVP) wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> NoStop
>>>>>>>
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>
>>> LOL! Whatever. At least I don't have to distort reality, like you!
>>>
>>> "Firstly, of course Linux is subject to breaches. However, that in
>>> no way detracts from the fact that Linux is demonstrably more secure
>>> than any version
>>> of Windows."
>>>
>>> Please demonstrate it.
>>>
>>> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39116229,00.htm
>>>
>>> "As for your claim that "the hundreds of free programs are not all
>>> of good quality," that's also a given. However, you forget to
>>> mention the high-rolling
>>> Free Open Source programs that simply kill the opposition -- think
>>> Apache, think
>>> gcc, think Mozilla Firefox."
>>>
>>> Of course YOU fail to mention that both Apache, and GCC are of no
>>> direct use to the average computer user. Again, in the context of
>>> this thread,
>>
>>
>> Actually GCC is needed to install some of the free programs. They are
>> distributed as source code :-)
>
> LOL! And the average computer moron would know that?
>
>>
>>
>>> I doubt the OP could setup and use Apache server sofware, or use a
>>> programming tool, if they can't even figure out to install their
>>> video card drivers after installing Windows.
>>>
>>> And that Firefox's 6% of the browser market really is still nothing
>>> compared to IE's 89%. But hey, you are disputing a MS-MVP you
>>> accuse of "A distored and biased assessment of Linux" by giving a
>>> distorted and biased assessment of Linux! Pot meet Kettle!
>>>
>>> "Fun? You know, Linux is fun. But until you've tried it with an open
>>> mind, you
>>> have no right to denigrate it."
>>>
>>> No OS is fun, it is just the underlying code that gets everything
>>> working together. And that just demonstrates how you will distort
>>> reason as a biased linux advocate.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Linux is fun. I enjoy testing it at least once a month. To me that is
>> fun, for the average user probably not.
>
> And I am talking about the average person. Testing is something they have
> nightmares about.
>
>> I install it on a spare
>> machine and try to use it as my everyday pc. So far the longest it's
>> lasted is a week before I hit some roadblock that I have to use a
>> Windows machine to get by. In all fairness I have access to the MS
>> Action Pack subscription so whatever I need to do I probably have
>> some MS software that does it. Usually the roadblock could be solved
>> with Linux. I just don't have the time to figure out which program I
>> need, find the version which works with the distro I'm using, figure
>> out how to install it, then figure out how to use it.
>
> And you aren't the average user, which is the context of this tread.
>

Agreed, sarcasm and irony are hard to get across in a newsgroup ;-)

I would love for Linux to work better. MS needs some real competition. Maybe
the new Mac Mini and OS X (Unix) will do it. All computer users would be
better off with a more competitive marketplace.

In the context of the OP eMachines is not the way to go. They have tried to
be too competitive and cut too many corners. I refuse to work on them. I
have seen too many that simply can't be repaired except by replacing the
whole unit with a better built machine.

Kerry

> --
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> Kurt
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>


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