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SeaKing · 11-27-2012, 02:23 PM

I can appreciate the excitement of getting a new machine or/and a new OS, but I have been through it too many times with Microsoft. I also don't want the Apple route though I appreciate what they do, but it is at 2 or more times the cost I want to take on.

I like XP which does all I want, but I just had to re-jump my desktop when it lost the system drive. Finally I got my old XP working after threading through the maze that MS had to sell a new W7 OS to me for only $137.

The XP on my desktop is XP home and I see no difference between it and an XP Pro (that I ..ugh... borrowed from a friend) except that the super secret and really long password on an excel file had to be shortened for XP Home.
MS was going to kill the XP home on netbooks but then realized that Linux was going to step in and so changed their minds again and so my netbooks have had XP home (or something of the sort) on them.

I am tired and a little mad at MS for all this crap so I have looked into a new platform. Linux I think will be too much trouble. As I get older, I am avoiding trouble more and more, even those ladies that have trouble written all over their skimpy dresses and shorts that I used to chase about. I am a "grand pa" now and proud of it.

Anyway, W8 sounds interesting like some adventurer getting ready to dive into one of those 8 mile deep trenches in the ocean but it is not for me. I prefer to be above the ocean not under it.

Anyway, the point is I am looking strongly at Google's Chromebooks. I hadn't liked the idea of a 16GB HD "offline" even if there were SD card slots, but the $199 Acer C7 has a 320GB Hard Drive which will be much better "offline." Unfortunately it has an old Celelron 2 core chip which runs hotter than the new ARM chips that the Samsung $249 notebook has and the Acer has to have a fan, and has only 3 1/2 hour batter life. If not for that battery life I would have ordered me one up. I was only waiting for better battery life.

Now I hear that before 2012 is out, there will be a Touch Screen Chromebook. I like the idea of a operating system/browser that is automatically updated and protected from viruses and the like without any bother to the operator.

And also for those who care about these things, you can load Linux on the C7 and dual boot if you wish though that does cut down the speed of the normal boot.

I can only say:

CHROMEBOOK for 2013!

11-27-2012, 02:23 PM	#65
SeaKing Frequent Flier Posts: 1,282 Karma: 2058993297 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: KB kindle aboard, Galx Tab 7.0 Plus, trying out Droid 1 as mini-tab	I can appreciate the excitement of getting a new machine or/and a new OS, but I have been through it too many times with Microsoft. I also don't want the Apple route though I appreciate what they do, but it is at 2 or more times the cost I want to take on. I like XP which does all I want, but I just had to re-jump my desktop when it lost the system drive. Finally I got my old XP working after threading through the maze that MS had to sell a new W7 OS to me for only $137. The XP on my desktop is XP home and I see no difference between it and an XP Pro (that I ..ugh... borrowed from a friend) except that the super secret and really long password on an excel file had to be shortened for XP Home. MS was going to kill the XP home on netbooks but then realized that Linux was going to step in and so changed their minds again and so my netbooks have had XP home (or something of the sort) on them. I am tired and a little mad at MS for all this crap so I have looked into a new platform. Linux I think will be too much trouble. As I get older, I am avoiding trouble more and more, even those ladies that have trouble written all over their skimpy dresses and shorts that I used to chase about. I am a "grand pa" now and proud of it. Anyway, W8 sounds interesting like some adventurer getting ready to dive into one of those 8 mile deep trenches in the ocean but it is not for me. I prefer to be above the ocean not under it. Anyway, the point is I am looking strongly at Google's Chromebooks. I hadn't liked the idea of a 16GB HD "offline" even if there were SD card slots, but the $199 Acer C7 has a 320GB Hard Drive which will be much better "offline." Unfortunately it has an old Celelron 2 core chip which runs hotter than the new ARM chips that the Samsung $249 notebook has and the Acer has to have a fan, and has only 3 1/2 hour batter life. If not for that battery life I would have ordered me one up. I was only waiting for better battery life. Now I hear that before 2012 is out, there will be a Touch Screen Chromebook. I like the idea of a operating system/browser that is automatically updated and protected from viruses and the like without any bother to the operator. And also for those who care about these things, you can load Linux on the C7 and dual boot if you wish though that does cut down the speed of the normal boot. I can only say: CHROMEBOOK for 2013! Last edited by SeaKing; 11-27-2012 at 02:26 PM.