Comments on: Technology Update http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2009/07/03/technology-update/ "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."-James Dean Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:59:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Don Ray http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2009/07/03/technology-update/comment-page-1/#comment-49273 Don Ray Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:32:45 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=6628#comment-49273 Hi Jack, Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. I agree with you on the WGA. Hi Jack, Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

I agree with you on the WGA.

]]> By: Jack http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2009/07/03/technology-update/comment-page-1/#comment-49272 Jack Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:02:00 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=6628#comment-49272 I used Vista for almost a year before throwing in the towel and going back to XP Pro for almost another year. After Vista SP-1 came out I gave it another try and it has indeed been rather stable (I will see what I can find out about SP-2 before trying it though). I consider Vista's Windows Genuine Advantage spyware in that it will frisk your new screamer on a daily basis and sends information from it to M$. Other do too and have filed a lawsuit regarding it's sneaky deployment. I don't have issue with initial authentication only with the continued transmission of my information. This particular issue finally pushed me to download and install Linux Ubuntu (downloaded openSUSE 11.1 too) and I am currently duel booting it with XP Pro on my laptop but must admit it looks like I have a long learning curve ahead. Have a happy 4th. Later, J PS There are several ways defeat WGA in XP (and I have) but haven't as yet researched tweaking the Vista version. I used Vista for almost a year before throwing in the towel and going back to XP Pro for almost another year. After Vista SP-1 came out I gave it another try and it has indeed been rather stable (I will see what I can find out about SP-2 before trying it though). I consider Vista’s Windows Genuine Advantage spyware in that it will frisk your new screamer on a daily basis and sends information from it to M$. Other do too and have filed a lawsuit regarding it’s sneaky deployment. I don’t have issue with initial authentication only with the continued transmission of my information. This particular issue finally pushed me to download and install Linux Ubuntu (downloaded openSUSE 11.1 too) and I am currently duel booting it with XP Pro on my laptop but must admit it looks like I have a long learning curve ahead.
Have a happy 4th.
Later,
J
PS There are several ways defeat WGA in XP (and I have) but haven’t as yet researched tweaking the Vista version.

]]> By: Don Ray http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2009/07/03/technology-update/comment-page-1/#comment-49270 Don Ray Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:24 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=6628#comment-49270 Hi Mike. I went ahead and bought the extra 6GB memory at a cost of $100. I felt the 3GB that came with the system was a bit small and the difference between going to 6GB or 9 GB wasn't worth thinking about. It would have been 50% more here in Panama. The other drive cost me $75, which also would have cost more here. It is definitely a screamer. Hi Mike. I went ahead and bought the extra 6GB memory at a cost of $100. I felt the 3GB that came with the system was a bit small and the difference between going to 6GB or 9 GB wasn’t worth thinking about. It would have been 50% more here in Panama.

The other drive cost me $75, which also would have cost more here.

It is definitely a screamer.

]]> By: Mike http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/2009/07/03/technology-update/comment-page-1/#comment-49268 Mike Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:54:20 +0000 http://www.chiriquichatter.net/blog/?p=6628#comment-49268 9 GB of memory?? That computer is going to be fast.. I would love to have that while playing my online computer games.. It sounds like a nice pc. And the price was nice :) 9 GB of memory?? That computer is going to be fast.. I would love to have that while playing my online computer games.. It sounds like a nice pc. And the price was nice :)

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