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Just like the best thing for a car engine is to never start it!!!! The best thing for your computer is to never touch the internet!!! I have 5 of them for various purposes...only one ever touches the internet....guess which one has the most problems?
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Other than desire, you shouldn't HAVE to be connected to use your computer on a daily or minute by minute basis. Soon, we're going to have to "upgrade" to Adobe Creative Cloud. Even though it's only a monthly(?) check in to verify software licsense, I am totally against it. If there was a real, viable, business alternative, I'd have our graphics department switch. They advertise Chromebooks as so cheap. Sure, nothing worthwhile runs on them. If a person is an island and doesn't really need to interact with others, AND want to use limited, internet chained software, get one. They no busines worthy.
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I've been very lucky! The only internet crash that comes to mind is a recent problem. Someone sent me an emai with 23 separate atachments. Even though the total megs of the attachments was not greater than was allowed from the supplier in one email, it crashed my email completely. I had to go to another conputer, use a different email client (even that had problems), and delete the offending email message. Aside fom that I've not expeienced problems.
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[Edit] Yeah- What Alcides said!
The one time I experimented with it, I thought it was great for accessing the net. That's it. I could be (very) wrong, and please correct me if I am, but it was my impression that Chromebooks (and the Chrome OS) were primarily for accessing the web and little else. IMHO (or perhaps not-so-humble), I would try to stay with XP via the methods mentioned above, especially if you need it to run your favorite CAD/graphics/whatever programs. If you are looking to switch OS completely, try Linux first. It's free, and there are many different distress and options for trying it. Some will let you even run from a live CD, allowing you to try it out without touching your current OS. Mac OS… It's a great OS and I love it (it's what I currently have), but the software options that would interest us the most are getting fewer and far-er between. CorelDraw stopped supporting Mac way back in version 11. Pepakura doesn't exist in a Mac-compatible version, and while I did manage to get it working with WINE, I think it's still a little bit dodgy. Adobe is getting INSANELY expensive… Inkscape runs perfectly on Mac (as does GIMP), my only real complaint is not having all the features available that Illustrator CS3 does. However, you can still do plenty with Inkscape.
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Glenn, I have to agree with you on Adobe. They've simply become a greed machine because they pretty much have a hold on the commercial world (much as Quark). When you have two decades of legacy files what are you gong to do. I still run CS3 on my personal computer but know I'll eventualy upgrade the OS and will need to go either CC or Inkscape.
Should probably start learning The ins and outs of Inkscape now. We now return you to the regularly scheduled thread. Joe
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Oh the days of a 31 disk install for Windows 95 {floppy install} Wowza... that made 3.11 real sad :-) The days of a black screen with TXT only commands. Those cool days of the AMIGA's { i still use, but emulated} For me Windows XP will be on a machine i run for ever, i can lock my own "back door" thank you very much Long live XP.
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What? Gave up Win 98? I'm still running mine and XP, and Vista. Win 3.0 is in the basement just fine (no connection to the outside, but have it on my internal net). Oh, and I still have a working Amiga computer. The only thing I'm missing is the German interface cord that would connect a pc to an Amiga. I have about 200 of the Fish files that I collected in the day. I modified the Amiga with several floppy disks drives (4), and it was able to do amazing things before pcs/macs came of age. Yes, I use Chrome Browser after IE wasn't accepted by many sites anymore for the XP and the Vista. On my 98 I use a browser called Opera and it works great for the internet after IE 6 stopped working.
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