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Offline goldshirt*9

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Re: laptop
« Reply #15 on: October 18, 2009, 09:19:40 AM »
gave up on trying to persuade the Mrs to let me format her lappy to xp  >:(

so i bought one myself . nothing special to look at , in fact pretty basic ..
a ebuyer special  http://forums.ebuyer.com/showthread.php?t=51208&highlight=Ebuyer+Extra+Laptop

have loaded xp professional and updated all the drivers using driver genius pro  ;D a very fast indeed laptop .
then i loaded ubuntu as well . i choose at boot up which i want to run.

have never tried linux before and am truly amazed how easy/ fast it is . the amount of free software is amazing. :o
so many alternatives to windows that do the job just as well if not better. :)

i did want to run windows 7 but was advised not to until they iron out the bugs and wait till the usual service pack update was included in the disc .

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Re: laptop
« Reply #16 on: October 18, 2009, 12:38:46 PM »
Well, for the record, I think MS finally did an OS roll-out right.  Having Windows 7 in open beta and open release candidate, they got a lot of the earlier things ironed out already.  I've been using Windows 7 since it first went open beta and I have had no problems whatsoever.  I don't think the usual "wait til SP1" is necessary.
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Re: laptop
« Reply #17 on: October 23, 2009, 10:31:39 AM »
in that case i'll buy and try w7 .
not too badly priced in the uk for a change.
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