Hi Folks,

First of all, from one of the newsletters I get..... 

Time For A New PC? Don’t Bother Waiting For Vista

by Matt Hartley on October 12, 2006 at 7:04 pm · Comments
Categorized by Talk / Related Information

Well, there it is. The official Microsoft stance is not to wait for Vista if you are considering a new PC purchase. Fair enough considering that most hardware out there right now is likely wearing its “Vista Ready” badge by now anyway.

But even considering this, you have to admit that it sucks that you have to pay for the OS twice. Once with the bundle on the machine you just bought and then again upon the release of Vista itself.

Perhaps in the end, the best course of action would be to simply buy the machine in question with a copy of XP Pro, SP2 on it. This way there are not going to be any surprises as the newer OS has its bugs worked out. Please, don’t kid yourself into thinking that Vista is going to be flawless out of the box. Windows has proven time and time again that it performs best when given the chance to have a shot at getting driver issues worked out early on. So in the meantime, it’s simply a matter of using what you know works as compared to what is “supposed” to work.

Hey, this is just something to consider when buying that new PC this time around. Unlike last year however, it’s time for a new OS choice - make sure you are making the right one.

• On10 and Spot-on!
• By George, I Think They Got It!
• Windows Vista On A Bootable DVD?
• Vista On The Mac
• OS Patching - Vista Will “Freeze-Dry“ Your Work To Prevent Loss
• Vista Might Not Be Such A Bad Upgrade After All
• Vista - Is It Really Worth It?
• Vista, OS X and XP
• Vista For You, XP For Me
• Is Your E-mail Address Safe in the Hands of a Government Agency?

From the friday Fry's ad:

Lots of Goodies at Fry's today:

Front Page:

Envision 19" flat screen monitor - $170 after rebate

512 Meg Emprex Flash Drive - $5 after savings

Airlink MIMO Wireless
Router $30
PCMCIA NIC for your Laptop - $18

50 Pack DVD+R $9.50

Pioneer DVD Writers
16x Internal - $35 after rebate
External Double Layer - $70 after rebate

Page 3

Envision 19" Widescreen Flat Panel - $200 after rebate

Viewsonic Flat Screen Monitors
20.1" - $300 after rebate
20.1" Widescreen - $400 after rebate

HP Photosmart C3180 all-in-one - $90 after savings

Page 4

Sharp FAX/Copier - $20 after savings and rebates.
Need to check price of refills on this one to see if it is as good a deal as it appears to be.

Page 6

MAxtor 500Gig SATA drive - $170
NOTE - you can only get 4 of these!

Seagate 300Gig External drive - $140

Back Page

50 Pack CD-r - $7

More Next Friday,
Chuckstr
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