Help your friends and family get off
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aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
I'd say Get off Windows ... and on a Mac
Can't you buy several PCs for the price of 1 Mac
b23hqb
Well-Known Member
I have XP, and it still rocks my world. My next computer will be a windows based as well. Screw apple and any piece of electronics that has a logo of a piece of fruit with a bite out of it. Good equipment, but the arrogance, smarminess and condescension that comes from that company make me puke.
LibertyBeacon
Unto dust we shall return
What, are you some sort of pervert or something?
TPD
the poor dad
I have probably spent almost 20 hours in the last couple of weeks upgrading 3 of my business computers from XP to windows 7 pro and I still can't go 'live' with all computers. This process would have been so much easier with Macs. I will gladly pay the premium for the ease of upgrading with Apple, unfortunately the specialized software we use in our business will not run on an Mac.
For those of you who have never used an Apple computer, you just don't understand our frustration with Microsoft in cases like this. JMO
For those of you who have never used an Apple computer, you just don't understand our frustration with Microsoft in cases like this. JMO
could be
for companies taking Credit Cards - PCI Compliance requires an operating system that it regularly patched by the vendor, has anti-virus - for all systems Processing / Holding CC Data - we even had to swap out the old style CC Terminals with units that uses encryption [the old dialup Terminals]
I could see Windows Based Medical Equipment [
] / Electronic Medical Records Systems having similar requirements 
getbent
Thats how them b*tch's R
could be
for companies taking Credit Cards - PCI Compliance requires an operating system that it regularly patched by the vendor, has anti-virus - for all systems Processing / Holding CC Data - we even had to swap out the old style CC Terminals with units that uses encryption [the old dialup Terminals]
I could see Windows Based Medical Equipment [
The computers that take cc info are already updated. Dental offices though were not required to go paperless. They do submit claims electronically. Maybe it won't affect dental, except the fact that whatever computer isn't upgraded becomes a security risk for all computers networked together.
TPD
the poor dad
Retail software that is only supported with Windows.
Well I did buy 2 new computers, but there is still the issue of transferring all software and hardware and then spending time on the phone with tech support to get everything 'talking' to each other again, getting parameters set for the new hardware, downloading the latest updates, etc - a real PITA! A brand-new computer from Dell out of the box custom built for our industry needs and Windows still had to update and reboot 3 times before we could do anything else with it.
And then for the 3rd computer that I decided to upgrade rather than replace, I spent $200 on Windows pro. Apple's last upgrade was free - the one before that only $29.
And trying to do all of this while still trying to take customers' money and keep them happy….