04-15-2010, 07:49 PM
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FINALLY
Micro(shit)soft FREE
I have an oldish Dell with XP and, though it does what I want - it is microsoft soooooo... THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING WRONG
I was thinking of getting a new PC (yeah, I know, macs are PCs too but???) then realized or wondered WHY? No matter what version of windows friends have I always hear complaints from them about windozzzz.
I started my search for a MacMini refurb as I already had an Apple CinemaDisplay (couldnt use it on the Dell) and some nice keyboards/mice.
The MacMini refurbs RARELY show up on the Apple refurb store. I nearly had one for Christmas but they sold out while I added my credit card info...
I got just what I wanted with a fantastic basic MacMini refurb which came with a printer *free after rebate!
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that my CinemaDisplay was HD
and the MacMini is running so nice
I could try to get the XP off the dell and run bootcamp xp on the MacMini ***but why???
I could use the dxp to do some little jobs... such as checking all my HDs for duplicate files or joining files etc...
I could put on a version of Linux (but which one (link please) with a nice forum/read me file)...
or I could just put it all into the closet and take it out if ever needed...
any suggestions on what to do with this old boy?
thanks
btw, I have a fantastic MacBook Pro also... sooooooo happy with a house of Mac
ps: will take a pic of my setup once I get it all just right. I AM SOOOOOOOO VERY HAPPY
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I have an oldish Dell with XP and, though it does what I want - it is microsoft soooooo... THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING WRONG

I was thinking of getting a new PC (yeah, I know, macs are PCs too but???) then realized or wondered WHY? No matter what version of windows friends have I always hear complaints from them about windozzzz.
I started my search for a MacMini refurb as I already had an Apple CinemaDisplay (couldnt use it on the Dell) and some nice keyboards/mice.
The MacMini refurbs RARELY show up on the Apple refurb store. I nearly had one for Christmas but they sold out while I added my credit card info...
FINALLY
I got just what I wanted with a fantastic basic MacMini refurb which came with a printer *free after rebate!
I was pleasantly surprised to learn that my CinemaDisplay was HD


soooooooooooooo
the dellxp
the dellxp
I could try to get the XP off the dell and run bootcamp xp on the MacMini ***but why???
I could use the dxp to do some little jobs... such as checking all my HDs for duplicate files or joining files etc...
I could put on a version of Linux (but which one (link please) with a nice forum/read me file)...
or I could just put it all into the closet and take it out if ever needed...
any suggestions on what to do with this old boy?
thanks



ps: will take a pic of my setup once I get it all just right. I AM SOOOOOOOO VERY HAPPY

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