[OT] Anyone know anything about Windows Vista?

I can ask my friend but I thought she ordered on line, maybe through email,
I can ask her if you want, Le
Bridget wrote in message
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You have to do a phone order to get XP. You can get a wider variety of
OS when you do the order over the phone. Dell does computers for
everything from individual users to major universities. They have
operating systems that cover all the possibilities of their clients.
While you might not get Win 98, I am pretty sure that XP home and
professional would be available as well as Win 2003.

As far as experience goes, I have Vista on my laptop. It works well. As
others have said, it is a bit hyper vigilant and will often ask you if
the thing the computer is trying to do is something you want to happen.
I haven't installed it on my desktop and don't plan to. When I upgrade
my computer I will get it then. But as far as the laptop goes, it seems
to work well. I got the fastest chip available at the time (8 months
ago) and it has 2 gig of ram, so it is equipped to handle it. I don't
know how lesser computers do.

Bridget

jmcquown wrote:
Stormmee wrote:
go to their site, a friend just ordered one but choose the XP
options, not sure if it was lap or desktop though, Lee

The web site doesn't give me the option. It's all Vista.


jmcquown wrote in message
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I'm looking at ordering a laptop so I won't lose touch with the
outside world when I go to South Carolina. I thought Vista turned
out to be one of the worst of the Windows Opsys's on the planet.
I'm perfectly happy with XP but I can't seem to find a Dell (I love
Dell, sorry) that doesn't come with Vista. I don't really know
anything about Vista. I'm always behind the times when it comes to
this stuff.

I had to talk to my parent's neighbor last night - I used her
computer to book my flight back home. Asked her how she connects to
the internet on an island and she said um, well, ask your parents
what they have for the phone service or for their cable service.
Looks like I'll have to get a hook-up with one of those. When my
brother was there in the summer he was trying to rely on wifi and
couldn't always catch a signal.

I got a job offer yesterday - a 6 month temporary assignment which
would require me to temporarily move, no, thanks! One of the job
requirements was knowledge of DOS. Excuse me? You mean that thing
we used in the 1980's working from the C: prompt DOS? Sorry, I
barely remember that stuff. I think I have a book around here
someplace but I really don't want to revert back to that. (Unix is
more fun and much older, anyway.)

Jill

Jill