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It feels great to be back on Fordbarn! For me, a real accomplishment! My old E-machines puter finally "Virused" out. I refused to buy the updates and like many an old car or engine, I just rode it till it died! (8Years)
Now I have a new HP laptop and this takes some getting used to. It is loaded with Windows 8.1, which is the worst Windows O.S. I have ever had the displeasure of owning! I have only had this thing a matter of hours and I had to take it back to the seller to get a password. One cannot do this by yourself as it involves another computer and some security codes(?) Who actually needs this stuff? Windows 8.1 requires that you register with Microsoft, something I never did before. Just a gentle warning that if you need a new puter, Find one with EP or Windows 7,This 8.1 is a real PITA! OH yeah, I wanted to also say, it's great for ads, no matter what, the ads get through really well!
Terry

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Terry i never knew you left,,, but welcome back

if u need a new puter buy a MAC
and never look BACK

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I refused to buy a computer with windows 8 after reading all
the negatives, I am now the happy owner of a Mac.

Bob

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i agree windows 8 is terrible!

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Terry we just went thru the same thing and I absolutely agree with you. They tell me that so many people are sick and tired of the 'updated' Windows 8.0 and 8.1, that they are so much trouble, that in April Microsoft is coming out with Windows 10.0 ( because that sounds distant from the crap they've been building lately.) The changes were stupid, just something to line their pockets w/ more cash.

Yes give me Windows XP any day it worked great. Microsoft allegedly dropped the support for XP to make people buy new computers. Now they want you to pay monthly fees or a big upfront fee to get Microsoft Office that used to be free. My grandson said 'no way' and set me up with a free application that works good one they use in school.

This is the last Microsoft I ever plan on owning:mad: Definitely Mac next time.

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Apple / Mac runs like a Rolls Royce compared to Microsoft products.

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I have been using a Mac since I had to give up my Amiga 4000 when Commodore went under (sad day), but I have never had to use windows, and have never seen a virus! Now on a Mac Pro and a 4K samsung as my monitor.

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i look good on your screen:D

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No matter who's puter you use.......sooner or later you will get viruse'd out..........

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2935

that is why there is Linux......................

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But if you have an alternator, you should be OK as long as you are using Rotella 15W40. Not sure if White Walls would help or not, haven't tried them.

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Download the small apt that makes 8 and 8.1 look more like 7...I have all 3 in house all work ok now..sc

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Welcome back, know what you mean by trying to ditch the damn things. I too got virused out on Windows 7. The "consultant" wanted to sell me a windows 8. Went to a local computer shop and they took it ran it overnight and did some other things and cleaned it out. Expensive I thought, but not as much as a Windows 8, and works good now.

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What the hell does this have to do with Model A's????

Interesting that someone posts a thread on a period modification/add-on and the thread is met with disdain (you know who you are, one-star bandit), but we can discuss the finer points of modern mods and/or technology and it's good as gold.

Ridiculous.

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You guys sound like Windsor owners bashing Ford in the 1920's. Easy to take potshots at the top guy.

BTW, I'm not the 1-star guy!

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Having working with UNIX/Linux for 25 years (IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, SGI IRIX HP-UX, Linux), if you're short on cash for a Apple Mac, load this

http://www.linuxmint.com

On your PC... After all Apple OS X is a child of BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) UNIX Operating system.

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I have a duel Core Mac and can run Windows if I have to but not by choice (I think most Mac's these days can). My Grandson sometimes runs into problems because the schools and public libraries have Windows machines.

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https://www.virtualbox.org is what I used to make virtual machines on my personal as well as my work Macbook... New Mac today have 4 cores, and the only slow point is RAM... 8G min for doing virtual's with any respectable.. Folks
can try out Linux on top of Windows in the same manner....

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We just had everything wiped from our google machine and re loaded. Microsoft stuff just bogged itself but we use Ecet anti virus software now. It's Australian and reportedly, the best going round. Cheaper than the old Norton too.

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You'll never go wrong with a Mac.

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Apple iPad isnt perfect but it's a good ride for the Barn.

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I still have my first Mac, circa 1986. 4mb RAM, 800k floppy, no hard disk...

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8722/...6b91ae647e.jpg

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Where do you put the crank to wind it up?:D:p

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I am not a puter geek. I don't even like these things, dial set telephones are more my speed. There! Spoken like real retro old car afficianado! But since I have it, I'll use it. Unless I can get a killer deal on a Mac and Best Buys will take this POS back (I hit something and I'm getting bold font now and I can't reverse it!) I must have hit the right key without knowing it, the standard font is back. GGGGGRRRRRFRR. What didI do?
Terry

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You probably hit CTRL + B when you meant to hit Shift + B to capitalize the B in "Best Buy"...CTRL+B is a way to quickly switch between bold/regular font in many applications.

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Isn't that early mac like rare and collectible ?

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You're calling Windows 8.1 a POS because you don't know how to use it, not because it is a POS. About anyone who hates Windows 8 is because they don't know how to use it. It would be like calling a Model A a piece of crap because you don't know how to drive stick. I didn't like Windows 8 when it first came out, but once I used it for a week and got the hang of it, it is a great and stable operating system. I'm sure 50 other people will chime in and disagree, but alas, being a computer guy I think it's a fine system.

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Can you buy Macs at Snyders? I'm confused....

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Never used Windows 8.1 but I have to ask, Why do you have to learn a new system every time MS comes out with a new version? If the OP was using Windows 7 shouldn't he be able to use Windows 8, or XP , Windows 98 or whatever other MS OS is out there?

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Windows 7 emulators on windows 8 would still have yuck underlying system structure right?
Norton antivirus is pretty yuck BTW, not the worse ever but still yuck.

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Windows 95, 98, 98SE, Millennium, XP, Vista, and 7 are all basically used in the same way. Windows 8/8.1 is the first time things were dramatically changed.

People resist change, which is why you will hear them say Win8 sucks or it is a "POS" mainly because it is different and they don't know how to use it.

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My Dell that I'm using still today is going on seven years old and I'm still using XP. I keep a clean running machine. My internet provider's junction building is only one block away. Talk about fast!!!! Still!!!!! If it isn't broke, don't fix it!!!!

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Probably more like the other way round.:D

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Got my chuckle for the day... Thanks.

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Welcome Back Terry!

Windows 10 around the corner free upgrade and will put back a lot of options to use the start button as per Windows 7 et al. I work in the industry and I dislike Windows 8 with a passion. I'm sure it's wonderful if you have touch screen equipment, but "doh" most people don't! On Apple, I'm there on the phones, Apple TV etc, but as for laptop/PC products I can't justify the price for the form over function :)

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I had the displeasure of trying Windows 8 a couple of weeks ago. Very confusing and frustrating. A big downgrade from XP. Hope the next stuff out is more straight forward than that. I can gaurantee I will not be first in line. My computer is having some problems, so taking it to the shop next week. Hope to keep it alive for atleast another year. Glad you made it back. Rod

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I jumped from XP to 8.1, it's a PITA!! I've heard that the change from Windows 8.0 to 8.1 was a drastic one!
Cindy, my CPA Daughter, is still using something else. She's a computer WHIZ & when she uses my 8.1, she's as confused as I am!!!
I wish I had bought my new computer, loaded with Windows 7.0 & it would have been CHEEPER, also!
"Thinking" about having my professional computer Buddy re-load it with Windows 7.0.
Windows 8.1 For Dummies, is no help, either. Buster T. is confused, also, & he's GOOD at lurnin' NEW TRICKS.
Bill W.

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RIGHT ON! Bill! The hell with not getting mad at it! I paid good money for this thing and I'm not wrong for expecting something to be usuable, AND without all the " clever" ways to get ads in front of you and distract you from what you're trying to write. That has to be built in. This machine was built for advertisers, not people!
Terry

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how many have gotten viruses and worms on your apple IOS products?
i never did.. no extra anti virus ware needed...