http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22402371 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:50:56 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:50:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22642504
I'm back to say that I like the new computer. Smith6612 told me not to be afraid of Vista. I was afraid, and he was right. :)

I had to get new speakers - my old ones worked fine on my 98se computer, but not on Vista. I also got an HP Officejet 6500 printer. I've been using WMP for my mp3's because when I copied them into the computer, WMP associated itself with them, and it's worked out okay.

I had a difficult time putting my bookmarks into Seamonkey, but searching its forums I found instructions that worked. I've needed advice and gotten help here on various things.

Thank you everyone for helping me decide on this.

Sincerely, Libra]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22642504 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:35:24 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22457558
Hi Kiwi,

I will let you know what I think of the new computer. Since I'm totally unfamiliar with Vista I'm not looking forward to it, but I hope it all goes well.

Sincerely, Libra]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22457558 Thu, 28 May 2009 11:37:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22453826
Got used to WIN 7 and like it, missed VISTA entirely along with ME. Linux is another fun thing. But, sure there are some nice things missed on an older OS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22453826 Wed, 27 May 2009 18:15:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22450393
its worth it in every way though
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Cheers]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22448103 Tue, 26 May 2009 18:56:45 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22433906
Thank you for your advice, however I already ordered the computer.

Sincerely, Libra]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22433906 Sat, 23 May 2009 16:48:59 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22420665 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22420665 Thu, 21 May 2009 01:01:39 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22419907
This is a brand new computer. I received a booklet in the mail from Dell and they are having a 25th Anniversary Sale. The E Value Code is 6F976-DDPCD52. You would put that into the advertised sales category. It says offer good while supplies last.

I ordered mine yesterday. Believe it or not, it even has free shipping.

I appreciate everyone's help.

Sincerely, Libra]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22419907 Wed, 20 May 2009 22:01:39 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22416442
Im wondering how they have 3gb of dual channel DDR2 4xdimms?

looks like a steal, is this refurbished or something?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22416442 Wed, 20 May 2009 11:16:00 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22403836
Sincerely, Libra]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22403836 Sun, 17 May 2009 22:15:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22403760 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22403760 Sun, 17 May 2009 21:54:09 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22403598
I appreciate your explaining how one optical drive works (on both of my computers I've always had dual optical drives).

I was browsing the software forum for burners and saw imgburn, cdburnerxp, BurnAware, and infrarecorder. When I read the faqs for infrarecorder it said you need a recorder. I thought that was the recorder, so I'm quite confused about that. In any event are any of the burners I listed above good and easy to use? (I can order Roxio Creator 10 Premier Ultimate Burn/Authoring for $79 with this computer. I don't know if Roxio is good or not).

I notice a few people are recommending using Windows Media Player for my MP3s. Will it allow me to play my MP3s since I downloaded them but don't have a license for them? I think WMP has DRM in it.

Thank you.

Sincerely, Libra]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22403598 Sun, 17 May 2009 21:11:13 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22403476
FYI: Windows Media Player which comes built-in with Vista will play MP3 files. Also, I've never had issues with compatibility on Vista. I've gotten old Windows 98 programs running on Vista without issues, and certainly anything made for Windows XP should run fine. It's the 16-bit applications that I can't run though since I'm in 64-bit Vista (need 64-bit anyways, as I have 4GB of RAM + 3GB of dedicated video memory + whatever else is in the system). But as said above, there is tons of open source and free software that can be downloaded and used.
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Good general light to light/moderate use system.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22402993 Sun, 17 May 2009 18:33:41 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22402875 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22402875 Sun, 17 May 2009 17:51:38 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22402664
If you just want to play mp3 files on your computer there's no need to "pay" for software to do that for you. There are lots of freeware programs out there that you can download for free (legal) that will let you enjoy mp3's on your PC:
»www.foobar2000.org/
»www.winamp.com/

Yes, you can make ISO files with a single optical drive. If your question was can you copy a DVD with a single optical, the answer is still yes. What your CD/DVD writing software will do is it will first use the optical drive to make a copy of the CD/DVD onto the hard drive and then make you insert a blank media to copy the image from the hard drive.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22402664 Sun, 17 May 2009 16:43:51 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22402523 I don't play those games, so that won't be a problem.

Sincerely, Libra]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22402523 Sun, 17 May 2009 15:50:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22402394
As long as you don't wish to play Computer games ,Meaning games like bioshock , Left 4 Dead ,Cryostasis.

Games like WOW yes, or server games in Java yes.
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I didn't add speakers because I have Polk speakers that I think I could use. Also, the only burning software they offer is Roxio 10 and I'm not sure about that. They also didn't offer any mp3 player - I currently have Musicmatch on both computers, but after seeing the software compatibility info for Vista it seems what ever I have (for XP) won't work.

If you want to make an ISO disk, can that be done with one optical drive?

I'd appreciate any thoughts.

Sincerely, Libra]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Would-this-be-a-decent-computer-22402371 Sun, 17 May 2009 15:03:00 EDT