Dude, I'm Gettin' a Dell

On 13 Apr 2004 04:33:46 GMT, itty (Sherry ) yodeled:

Whoa. I'm getting a new computer for my birthday. I'm so excited. (Even though
it's just a cheapo Dell)....BUT I now have a circa 1996 Packard Bell, with
Windows 95. I can't open half the websites people post, and if I do, it takes
forever (if the thing doesn't just lock up). Forget animated things, and the
sound is iffy.

I have a "cheapo Dell." It;s great.


Theresa
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(Aldous Huxley)

There is a difference in XP & 95. I went straight from one to the other ages
ago now. XP not only looks different (but you can change the look to the
classic Windows look), but it stores files in different places. Once you get
used to it, it's fine.

Cheers, helen s
(also on a Dell)



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There is a difference in XP & 95. I went straight from one to the other ages
ago now. XP not only looks different (but you can change the look to the
classic Windows look), but it stores files in different places. Once you get
used to it, it's fine.

Cheers, helen s
(also on a Dell)



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Sherry,

I have XP home edition, no problems works fine. Not sure what the
difference is in professional - except more $$. You can probably get away
w/home edition.

Be prepared, you'll be in for a bit of a shock getting used to XP compared
to 95. It is completely different than most upgrades microsoft has come out
with. You can set XP up for different users which is kinda cool if more
than one of you uses the pc. (it saves your settings - thing such as your
background etc).

Welcome to the *new millenium* My desktop is in desperate need of an
upgrade - getting new motherboard, memory and processor - I want SPEED!

JoJo
"Sherry " wrote in message
...
Whoa. I'm getting a new computer for my birthday. I'm so excited. (Even
though
it's just a cheapo Dell)....BUT I now have a circa 1996 Packard Bell, with
Windows 95. I can't open half the websites people post, and if I do, it
takes
forever (if the thing doesn't just lock up). Forget animated things, and
the
sound is iffy.

All I use a computer for is internet surfing and keeping up the little
mailing
list/newsletter labels for the Humane Society newsletter, so I never could
really justify buying a new one.

Does anyone know, is there any reason I should buy the upgrade and get
Windows
XP Professional instead of Windows XP home?

Sherry

Sherry,

I have XP home edition, no problems works fine. Not sure what the
difference is in professional - except more $$. You can probably get away
w/home edition.

Be prepared, you'll be in for a bit of a shock getting used to XP compared
to 95. It is completely different than most upgrades microsoft has come out
with. You can set XP up for different users which is kinda cool if more
than one of you uses the pc. (it saves your settings - thing such as your
background etc).

Welcome to the *new millenium* My desktop is in desperate need of an
upgrade - getting new motherboard, memory and processor - I want SPEED!

JoJo
"Sherry " wrote in message
...
Whoa. I'm getting a new computer for my birthday. I'm so excited. (Even
though
it's just a cheapo Dell)....BUT I now have a circa 1996 Packard Bell, with
Windows 95. I can't open half the websites people post, and if I do, it
takes
forever (if the thing doesn't just lock up). Forget animated things, and
the
sound is iffy.

All I use a computer for is internet surfing and keeping up the little
mailing
list/newsletter labels for the Humane Society newsletter, so I never could
really justify buying a new one.

Does anyone know, is there any reason I should buy the upgrade and get
Windows
XP Professional instead of Windows XP home?

Sherry

itty (Sherry ) dumped this in
on 13 Apr 2004:

Does anyone know, is there any reason I should buy the upgrade and get
Windows XP Professional instead of Windows XP home?

Congrats! I just got a new Dell laptop and I paid the extra for XP pro.
That said, I'm familiar with both Pro and Home and you really don't need
pro. I only got it so I'd be consistent with my work computer and anything
I can do there, I can do here.

--
Cheryl

itty (Sherry ) dumped this in
on 13 Apr 2004:

Does anyone know, is there any reason I should buy the upgrade and get
Windows XP Professional instead of Windows XP home?

Congrats! I just got a new Dell laptop and I paid the extra for XP pro.
That said, I'm familiar with both Pro and Home and you really don't need
pro. I only got it so I'd be consistent with my work computer and anything
I can do there, I can do here.

--
Cheryl

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:08:07 -0700, Cheryl wrote
(in article ):

itty (Sherry ) dumped this in
on 13 Apr 2004:

Does anyone know, is there any reason I should buy the upgrade and get
Windows XP Professional instead of Windows XP home?

Congrats! I just got a new Dell laptop and I paid the extra for XP pro.
That said, I'm familiar with both Pro and Home and you really don't need
pro. I only got it so I'd be consistent with my work computer and anything
I can do there, I can do here.

I would put the extra money into ram instead. Before you plug your new
computer into the internet make sure you install a firewall or turn on
the firewall inside XP. Its not the best one, only blocks incoming not
outgoing, but it will do until you can download a free one. You can get a
free antivirus as well. I did not like XP. In fact it drove me to Macs
but I haven't used it in a long time. A lot of people do and I am sure
it is better now than when it first came out. I doubt one is more stable
than the other, if it was they certainly would not admit it. But they
are the same platform and I can't imagine they would leave something out
that would hurt stability. XP has more features mainly for high end
users. You are going to be amazed how fast it is if you are using
something from 95.

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:08:07 -0700, Cheryl wrote
(in article ):

itty (Sherry ) dumped this in
on 13 Apr 2004:

Does anyone know, is there any reason I should buy the upgrade and get
Windows XP Professional instead of Windows XP home?

Congrats! I just got a new Dell laptop and I paid the extra for XP pro.
That said, I'm familiar with both Pro and Home and you really don't need
pro. I only got it so I'd be consistent with my work computer and anything
I can do there, I can do here.

I would put the extra money into ram instead. Before you plug your new
computer into the internet make sure you install a firewall or turn on
the firewall inside XP. Its not the best one, only blocks incoming not
outgoing, but it will do until you can download a free one. You can get a
free antivirus as well. I did not like XP. In fact it drove me to Macs
but I haven't used it in a long time. A lot of people do and I am sure
it is better now than when it first came out. I doubt one is more stable
than the other, if it was they certainly would not admit it. But they
are the same platform and I can't imagine they would leave something out
that would hurt stability. XP has more features mainly for high end
users. You are going to be amazed how fast it is if you are using
something from 95.

John Biltz dumped this in news:vt0fc.3214$L75.2019
@fed1read06 on 13 Apr 2004:

Before you plug your new
computer into the internet make sure you install a firewall or turn on
the firewall inside XP. Its not the best one, only blocks incoming not
outgoing, but it will do until you can download a free one.

I recently got cable modem and with my latest laptop addition (all done at
the same time) with a wireless NIC, and added a wireless router (very
cheap!!) which has its own firewall and have networked my desktop and
laptop to share printer and file shares on the desktop. No malicious
traffic can get to my internal network (that I've seen yet; I run McAfee
firewall but "allow all traffic" just to log it). With no external
services running (like HTTP or FTP) I think it's safe. Opinions?

--
Cheryl