Re: Goodie! got a little bit of snow last night.

JohnH wrote:
On Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:55:58 -0500, Jim <motza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

JohnH wrote:
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:16:16 -0500, Boater <dontbother@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
On Dec 6, 9:25 am, Tim <tschna...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't know why. My computer was a 1997 and rebuilt in 2003
You ought to buy my slightly used, superdooper desktop PC. It's got everything you need and...it works properly!
Even with USB 2 and Firewire.

Why don't you make him one hell of a deal when you upgrade your next computer. You seem to upgrade every 3 years and your state of the art computers would still be a great computer. Have you decided to switch over to a Mac Desktop?

I'd make him (or any other rational person) a hell of a deal. I've even got a cherry HP home server I can include. It not only backs up automatically, it serves up music and videos, and can be used as a web server.

Indeed, I am planning to switch over entirely to the Mac side of the force.
Could a third party handle the entire transaction?
You wouldn't consider buying computer equipment from Krause, would you? It's probably full of pirated software, virus, trojans, bombs and spyware.

Not directly, no. But if the third person were the Geek Squad, then
perhaps.


Hehehe. I guarantee that my desktop machine is perfectly clean, no trojans new or used, no spyware, no virii, no bombs, no spyware. I'm not the one who posts here with endless "unsolvable" computer problems, or the inability to use simple, everyday programs.

Besides, what you do with a used machine you are taking in is first wipe it clean and I don't mean just a format. Then you install a clean OS, update it and then you install a fresh anti-vi/spyware package. And then you are ready to install the software you will use from distribution CDs or DVDs, or from certified backup.

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