Steve

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Steve

Oh well, thats windows for you.....

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Michael, I agree a MAC is a good machine. However, there are hundreds and hundreds of programs that you can buy for it. With DOS and Windows, there are thousands and thousands.

I also agree with you about the conflict problems. If the programs are written well and installed properly, the PC can be extremely reliable.

Case at point: We use the Pristine "Rapid Fire" program in our on-air and production room computers at the radio station. These computers have not been shut down for over a year now, and they still run flawlessy. It is a MS-DOS based program. Other radio stations report the same reliability. About once a month, we are supposed to defrag the drives, but that never seems to get done. The program seems to be bulletproof.

I might add this: Many instability problems of the PC's are due to incorrect BIOS set-up. Many IBM clone builders just snatch the system board out of the box, screw it down, and add all the shit. They don't go through the Advanced BIOS settings to set it up properly. Then they run like crap! Then I have to mention third and fourth party software. Some of that stuff is so poorly written, it'll make anything crash. With some of this rottin' software people jam into their computers, it is a wonder the computers run at all!

Those who build them and set up the Advanced BIOS Settings correctly will have a very fine machine.

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Beware, people. It could have been someone with a Microsoft update look-alike page looking for information in your computers. I have seen this happen once about 4 years ago. I questioned it immediately, and the ISP provider launched an immediate investigation. (AOL)

As far as Microsoft looking into your computer goes, how about all you that have high speed internet access. Your computer has probably been hacked many times from the head end without you even knowing it. I think Microsofts looking at serial numbers of your OS, motherboard types, and CPU's is pretty lame in itself. Sure its stupid, but not nearly as bad as someone at your ISP looking at all those X rated photos you have stored on your drive. In some areas that CAN get you in trouble. A firewall should easily keep any snoopers out and anyone with HS IPS service should have a fiewall to prevent this.

MAC is good for alot of things but its uses are far more limited due to lack of software and hardware.

Mark

Putting and keeping "X" rated pictures in the PC's is not cool for the reason Mark stated. I have also been told that even if they are deleted, they are still there somewhere in the drive, even if the recycle bin is emptied. Remember the old "undelete" command DOS used? Well, I am sure there are more powerful ways available today. Someone also told me there is software that can dig into the hard drive 10 or more layers deep to see what was on the drive.

When I installed W2KP in this machine, the installation found the second drive I had turned off in the system BIOS. I had to physically unplug the IDE cable from that drive to continue installation. W2KP did not want to install anything because that second drive had a different version of windows that it did not like.

If the CPU Serial Number option is turned off in the BIOS, I have been told that XP will still find it through the back door.

Beware of the modems and LAN cards - they have little feetprints imbedded, too!

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Steve

I've installed it on several machines at work with no problems.

-dave

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