[lonestar2000]

As with all things, you have to match the hardware to the software. Yes, Vista is a resource hog, but so was every single prior revision of Windows when it shipped. Win95 requires 16MB RAM? WTF? Where will I ever get that much?!?

The Mac is no different, the latest and greatest features require up to date hardware to work efficiently.

I paid $1100 (plus tax) for a dual core laptop with 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD (and room for another that can be set up in a RAID configuration), a 17 inch LCD with a built-in webcam, and an Nvidia 8800 graphics card with 512MB RAM. Yeah, it is a laptop and it runs Vista 64 like a dream. Exactly what kind of Mac will I get for that price? A bottom of the line MacBook with barely a GIG of RAM, whoopie!

If you can’t afford $1100 bucks then stick with your old hardware and software, or run Linux and put up with driver incompatibilities, fiddling with repository conflicts, and shoddy support. Enjoy your user support experience there!

[lonestar2000]

As with all things, you have to match the hardware to the software. Yes, Vista is a resource hog, but so was every single prior revision of Windows when it shipped. Win95 requires 16MB RAM? WTF? Where will I ever get that much?!?

The Mac is no different, the latest and greatest features require up to date hardware to work efficiently.

I paid $1100 (plus tax) for a dual core laptop with 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD (and room for another that can be set up in a RAID configuration), a 17 inch LCD with a built-in webcam, and an Nvidia 8800 graphics card with 512MB RAM. Yeah, it is a laptop and it runs Vista 64 like a dream. Exactly what kind of Mac will I get for that price? A bottom of the line MacBook with barely a GIG of RAM, whoopie!

If you can’t afford $1100 bucks then stick with your old hardware and software, or run Linux and put up with driver incompatibilities, fiddling with repository conflicts, and shoddy support. Enjoy your user support experience there!

[lonestar2000]

As with all things, you have to match the hardware to the software. Yes, Vista is a resource hog, but so was every single prior revision of Windows when it shipped. Win95 requires 16MB RAM? WTF? Where will I ever get that much?!?

The Mac is no different, the latest and greatest features require up to date hardware to work efficiently.

I paid $1100 (plus tax) for a dual core laptop with 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD (and room for another that can be set up in a RAID configuration), a 17 inch LCD with a built-in webcam, and an Nvidia 8800 graphics card with 512MB RAM. Yeah, it is a laptop and it runs Vista 64 like a dream. Exactly what kind of Mac will I get for that price? A bottom of the line MacBook with barely a GIG of RAM, whoopie!

If you can’t afford $1100 bucks then stick with your old hardware and software, or run Linux and put up with driver incompatibilities, fiddling with repository conflicts, and shoddy support. Enjoy your user support experience there!

[lonestar2000]

As with all things, you have to match the hardware to the software. Yes, Vista is a resource hog, but so was every single prior revision of Windows when it shipped. Win95 requires 16MB RAM? WTF? Where will I ever get that much?!?

The Mac is no different, the latest and greatest features require up to date hardware to work efficiently.

I paid $1100 (plus tax) for a dual core laptop with 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD (and room for another that can be set up in a RAID configuration), a 17 inch LCD with a built-in webcam, and an Nvidia 8800 graphics card with 512MB RAM. Yeah, it is a laptop and it runs Vista 64 like a dream. Exactly what kind of Mac will I get for that price? A bottom of the line MacBook with barely a GIG of RAM, whoopie!

If you can’t afford $1100 bucks then stick with your old hardware and software, or run Linux and put up with driver incompatibilities, fiddling with repository conflicts, and shoddy support. Enjoy your user support experience there!

[lonestar2000]

As with all things, you have to match the hardware to the software. Yes, Vista is a resource hog, but so was every single prior revision of Windows when it shipped. Win95 requires 16MB RAM? WTF? Where will I ever get that much?!?

The Mac is no different, the latest and greatest features require up to date hardware to work efficiently.

I paid $1100 (plus tax) for a dual core laptop with 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD (and room for another that can be set up in a RAID configuration), a 17 inch LCD with a built-in webcam, and an Nvidia 8800 graphics card with 512MB RAM. Yeah, it is a laptop and it runs Vista 64 like a dream. Exactly what kind of Mac will I get for that price? A bottom of the line MacBook with barely a GIG of RAM, whoopie!

If you can’t afford $1100 bucks then stick with your old hardware and software, or run Linux and put up with driver incompatibilities, fiddling with repository conflicts, and shoddy support. Enjoy your user support experience there!

[lonestar2000]

I use a Windows Home Server (WHS) to back up all my PCs (it finally supports Vista 64-bit machines), share videos/pictures/music to Media Center machines, and for remote access. No matter what you use, your disk space requirements will be based on the amount of data you need to back up and store. WHS makes this easy as you can easily add additional capacity as your needs grow.

However, if you need to also back up Macs/Linux boxes, you’re going to need to find another solution, or augment it with something else.

[lonestar2000]

I use a Windows Home Server (WHS) to back up all my PCs (it finally supports Vista 64-bit machines), share videos/pictures/music to Media Center machines, and for remote access. No matter what you use, your disk space requirements will be based on the amount of data you need to back up and store. WHS makes this easy as you can easily add additional capacity as your needs grow.

However, if you need to also back up Macs/Linux boxes, you’re going to need to find another solution, or augment it with something else.

[lonestar2000]

I use a Windows Home Server (WHS) to back up all my PCs (it finally supports Vista 64-bit machines), share videos/pictures/music to Media Center machines, and for remote access. No matter what you use, your disk space requirements will be based on the amount of data you need to back up and store. WHS makes this easy as you can easily add additional capacity as your needs grow.

However, if you need to also back up Macs/Linux boxes, you’re going to need to find another solution, or augment it with something else.

[lonestar2000]

I use a Windows Home Server (WHS) to back up all my PCs (it finally supports Vista 64-bit machines), share videos/pictures/music to Media Center machines, and for remote access. No matter what you use, your disk space requirements will be based on the amount of data you need to back up and store. WHS makes this easy as you can easily add additional capacity as your needs grow.

However, if you need to also back up Macs/Linux boxes, you’re going to need to find another solution, or augment it with something else.

[lonestar2000]

I use a Windows Home Server (WHS) to back up all my PCs (it finally supports Vista 64-bit machines), share videos/pictures/music to Media Center machines, and for remote access. No matter what you use, your disk space requirements will be based on the amount of data you need to back up and store. WHS makes this easy as you can easily add additional capacity as your needs grow.

However, if you need to also back up Macs/Linux boxes, you’re going to need to find another solution, or augment it with something else.

[lonestar2000]

That fools rally sure didn’t last long, we’re back to below 900 on the S&P and hovering just above 8500 on the DOW.

The news is progressively getting worse now and and I’m guessing the up days are going to be shorter and shallower, if there are any at all to speak of. We’re at a point that any good news has rapidly diminishing returns – fool me once…

[lonestar2000]

That fools rally sure didn’t last long, we’re back to below 900 on the S&P and hovering just above 8500 on the DOW.

The news is progressively getting worse now and and I’m guessing the up days are going to be shorter and shallower, if there are any at all to speak of. We’re at a point that any good news has rapidly diminishing returns – fool me once…

[lonestar2000]

That fools rally sure didn’t last long, we’re back to below 900 on the S&P and hovering just above 8500 on the DOW.

The news is progressively getting worse now and and I’m guessing the up days are going to be shorter and shallower, if there are any at all to speak of. We’re at a point that any good news has rapidly diminishing returns – fool me once…

[lonestar2000]

That fools rally sure didn’t last long, we’re back to below 900 on the S&P and hovering just above 8500 on the DOW.

The news is progressively getting worse now and and I’m guessing the up days are going to be shorter and shallower, if there are any at all to speak of. We’re at a point that any good news has rapidly diminishing returns – fool me once…

[lonestar2000]

That fools rally sure didn’t last long, we’re back to below 900 on the S&P and hovering just above 8500 on the DOW.

The news is progressively getting worse now and and I’m guessing the up days are going to be shorter and shallower, if there are any at all to speak of. We’re at a point that any good news has rapidly diminishing returns – fool me once…

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