Comments on: Everything on this Vista PC is an Afterthought

By: It’s a Sony, and It’s a Netbook. How to Turn Your Dead Weight Windows Notebook Into a Speedy Netbook. | CloudAve

Thu, 21 May 2009 07:09:03 +0000

[...] computer in the house. Well.. not really, for heavy work like video editing I still use my Vista Beast, but in terms of startup time and overall responsiveness it beats the much stronger hardware. [...]

By: What Lauren and We All Missed: TCO | CloudAve

What Lauren and We All Missed: TCO | CloudAve — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:16:34 +0000

[...] the only choice of MS OS you can get is Vista, which famously fails left and right. I started to chronicle the hassle of just running a Vista PC and dealing with random, unexplainable failures, even created [...]

By: Don’t Bury Desktops Just Yet | CloudAve

Don’t Bury Desktops Just Yet | CloudAve — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:47:01 +0000

[...] But they don’t have to be bulky, noisy, require myriads of cables for attachments added as an afterthought when they should have been seamlessly included in the first place. It’s great to see [...]

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Alert: Your Computers Are Slowly Killing Themselves | CloudAve — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:03:49 +0000

[...] left, invalid Registry entries ..etc), so eventually your formerly fast computer becomes slow. This Vista-based east of mine used to have a sub-minute boot time, now it takes 4-5 minutes. But it gets worse: you [...]

By: Jeff Dickey

Jeff Dickey — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:25:44 +0000

@Partners in Grime:

One gives you value for money, the other goes and does its own thing without a by-your-leave before it FUBAHORS itself.

And the Windows Kool-Aiders call Apple a “Soviet-style” company?

Pot, meet Kettle. Or to put it another way… that’s not a beam, that’s a whole flippin’ subdivision in someone’s eye!

By: Partners in Grime

Partners in Grime — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:42:10 +0000

Apple loves you for your money. Microsoft loves you for your time.

By: coliwabl

coliwabl — Sun, 25 May 2008 14:47:31 +0000

You guys should consider building a system on your own.
Less expensive and much better. I gave up buying systems from retailers about five computers ago and have never been sorry I did.

Sure, its great to go to the store and see that new system sitting on display, with all of it looking and smelling new. But, if you read the details about the components, have you ever wondered why they omit the details about each of them. For example, the description says “4 gigs of ram” but they omit the brand of the memory, latency, and sometimes the speed of the ram.

Buidling your own system is fairly easy and a great learning opportunity. And, you won’t feel like you have to pay for the useless, overpriced support services offerred by the vendors such as Dell, Mac, HP, etc.

As far as Vista goes, I’ve been using a Vista 64 bit system for more than a year. And, although I have to admit the installation itself was a challenge, the os itself, has not failed even one time. It has been and continues to be much more stable than my XP ever was.

By: tracy

tracy — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:29:43 +0000

BOUGHT NEW LAP TOP @ COMPUSMART
STILL XP PRO OUT THERE IF YOU DON’T WANT PROBLEMS
HP PRODUCT-BUT HAVE TO GET FROM VENDOR-CAN’T GET IN CANADA FROM HP-EVEN CALLED THERE SALES REP’S(IN INDIA-SAID THEY WOULD RELAY MY CONCERNS-EXPORTING AMERICA)CAN ORDER IN STATES
WORTH IT TO GET LESS PREETY-NO WEB CAM-BUSINESS LAPTOP
TRACY

By: Zoli Erdos

Zoli Erdos — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:56:05 +0000

Agree. That’ll be my next PC.

By: curtegg

curtegg — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:59:32 +0000

Should have bought an IMac.

Less hassle and intrusive software.