Computer Blues...
Hey, guys...
It looks like the time has come. My home computer is bogging down to the point that the built-in disk fixes don't work; I think I'm going to have to get a new one.
I'm looking for other opinions, though. My personal favorite as far as boxed computers go is eMachines, so I'll probably stick with it. The big thing keeping me from just running right out and doing it is the operating system.
I've heard about a lot of problems on Windows XP Home Edition, so I've been wary about getting a PC with that version. Strangely, XP Home seems to get very good reviews... Anyway, there's also XP Media Center edition, which focuses on TV, Movies, and Music. It says that it can do "anything that any other Windows XP PC can do," but I've never seen it because they're always showing off the media functionality. The other half of this equation, though, is the upcoming Windows Vista. The computers I've looked at so far are saying that they qualify for a free upgrade to Windows Vista, in various versions, if I buy my new PC before March 31, 2007. However, XP Home will net me Windows Vista Basic, which is pretty much stripped to the bone. XP Media Edition is upgradeable to Windows Vista Premium, which comes with all the bells and whistles. I'm kind of going back and forth, but I think I'm leaning toward a Media Center Edition PC so I can get the Vista Premium later on.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on the various versions of Windows out there or soon to come? Any good/bad experiences? Recommendations? Anecdotes? Poems? Advice? Please? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
EDIT: Ad-Aware found a bunch of stuff, and I got rid of it. SpywareBot found a few things, too, but wanted $20 per year to get rid of it all. I was bitching about false advertisement, but as I think about it, it's really not. The download was free, and the search was free. I should sell stuff like that. Offer my video game as a free download, and then at the title screen, ask for a credit card number so I can charge $0.50 per game.
It looks like the time has come. My home computer is bogging down to the point that the built-in disk fixes don't work; I think I'm going to have to get a new one.
I'm looking for other opinions, though. My personal favorite as far as boxed computers go is eMachines, so I'll probably stick with it. The big thing keeping me from just running right out and doing it is the operating system.
I've heard about a lot of problems on Windows XP Home Edition, so I've been wary about getting a PC with that version. Strangely, XP Home seems to get very good reviews... Anyway, there's also XP Media Center edition, which focuses on TV, Movies, and Music. It says that it can do "anything that any other Windows XP PC can do," but I've never seen it because they're always showing off the media functionality. The other half of this equation, though, is the upcoming Windows Vista. The computers I've looked at so far are saying that they qualify for a free upgrade to Windows Vista, in various versions, if I buy my new PC before March 31, 2007. However, XP Home will net me Windows Vista Basic, which is pretty much stripped to the bone. XP Media Edition is upgradeable to Windows Vista Premium, which comes with all the bells and whistles. I'm kind of going back and forth, but I think I'm leaning toward a Media Center Edition PC so I can get the Vista Premium later on.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on the various versions of Windows out there or soon to come? Any good/bad experiences? Recommendations? Anecdotes? Poems? Advice? Please? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
EDIT: Ad-Aware found a bunch of stuff, and I got rid of it. SpywareBot found a few things, too, but wanted $20 per year to get rid of it all. I was bitching about false advertisement, but as I think about it, it's really not. The download was free, and the search was free. I should sell stuff like that. Offer my video game as a free download, and then at the title screen, ask for a credit card number so I can charge $0.50 per game.