Buying a computer!!!!!!

Hayward, I do agree on building a computer but I would have to leave that up to my borhter since he is a computer wizard.. And with that, I like to do things myself without having to depend on him or anyone else to do it for me even though it may be the better route. I do agree with the specs Asip gave me for the computer and I think I am going to steer clear of the Celeron processor.

The only problem I have had with windows 98 are exactly the things Mish mentioned ( by the way don't worry baout insulting my OS Mish!!) which is why I'm basically looking for a new computer not to mention I need the faster speed and to be able to download and burn cd's. But the programs I'm not worried about because my brother has all kinds of software I can install on my computer if I needed it.

But at least I know now what the differences are when looking for a computer, and hopefully I ahve a brand new one here in the next couple weeks. YAY!!!

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Originally Posted by Mishanya

Asip4u, I noticed the difference. Not seeing a Blue Screen of Death every couple of hours really improved my experience. Security updates, let's just say Win98 (on Dial up) is only as good as the new virus. According to security Baseline, an unpatched, uninfected Microsoft PC lasts less than two hours on a public network.

I agree, Microsoft has a long way to go. So if you want something good go with Linux. If you can't do without Microsoft then Win XP is (Not the worst) alternative. :)

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very true about the blue screen , when i had win 98 , it used to give me the death screen at least 3-4 times per day ... every hour or so . with xp , iv had xp for about 2 years now , it only happened twice that the pc crashed and a screen came up .

How often do you defragment your HD guys? I haven't done it for awhile now.

it doesn't really matter what you have, as long as you maintain it well. Keep it spyware/adware free, virus protected, cleaned up, and organized, and it will never matter who its made by or what you do with it. I have a dell with XP. It works great, and it cost a whole helluva lot less than it would have if I had bought it (with the exact same specs) from anywhere else. I've never had a crash or fatal error in the 1.5 years I've had it. I don't game, its mostly for school work, and all my art and multimedia.

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Originally Posted by Debunkt

it doesn't really matter what you have, as long as you maintain it well. Keep it spyware/adware free, virus protected, cleaned up, and organized, and it will never matter who its made by or what you do with it.

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Well, I have a copy of Win 95 somewhere, would it matter if we swapped it with your XP? ;)