Re: Dell's 'In home' service?


Daniel Juarez wrote:
> steve.travis@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > BTW, in the future, you should consider only installing XP once. If
> > for some reason the machine doesn't work/won't reboot etc, return the
> > crap to the manufacturer. There's absolutely NO REASON to install an
> > OS more than once (my XP machine is on 2+years now without a reinstall,
> > and I use it primarily for gaming as my Mac is used for everything
> > else).
>
> And it is precisely because all you do with your XP system is gaming
> that you have not needed to reinstall the OS more than one in two years.
> I have used Windows extensively since Windows 3.1. I can tell you if
> you use Windows XP "for everything else" like you do your Mac, you would
> be reinstalling it *AT LEAST* every year. I did the same thing, and all
> my friends at work who have Windows XP at home doing "everything else"
> must reinstall the stupid OS annually. For that reason and a few other
> reasons is why I switched to a Mac in November of last year. Tired of
> babysitting the OS!

I'm curious. What is it that these people do that results in them
having to reinstall Windows so often?
Do they install/uninstall software all the time (like one would do on a
game machine?).
Do they install drivers often (like one would do on a game machine to
eek out every once of performance out of the machine?)

I'm just curious on the patterns these people have.

.

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