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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider Before Buying a Computer 3]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/01/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-computer-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/01/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-computer-3/</guid><description><![CDATA[Linux Mint is far more easier to navigate than a mac it is the best Linux OS out there it is based on Ubuntu so you can fild help pretty easily.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[conor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 2nd 2008 7:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider Before Buying a Computer 3]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/01/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-computer-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/01/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-computer-3/</guid><description><![CDATA[- <a href="http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/</a><br>Windows Vista Facts<br>Compatible with 1,600 Laser, inkject and multifunction printers<br><br>Written August 2008, 18 months after the launch of Vista, which caters for 90% of worldwide use.<br><br>- <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#printing" rel="nofollow">http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#printing</a><br>Leopard now supports over 2,000 of the most popular models from vendors including Canon, Epson, HP, Lexmark, and more.<br><br>Written October 2007, 0 months after the launch of Leopard, which caters for ~5% of worldwide use.<br><br>Maybe the “Sadly, you'll still encounter some compatibility issues with peripherals, such as printers” line belongs under another heading.<br><br>This stat is a credit to Apple who have put in HUGE efforts to get compatibility right with a wide range of devices.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 2nd 2008 7:58PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider Before Buying a Computer 3]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/01/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-computer-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/01/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-computer-3/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ok, so why don't you mention the fact that if you go with a Mac, you can run OS X, Windows AND Linux, all on the same box, either with Boot Camp, or using virtualization software like VMware or Parallels? Then you can have it all.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Willy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 14th 2008 4:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider Before Buying a Computer 3]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/01/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-computer-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/01/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-computer-3/</guid><description><![CDATA[i think i agree with willy i mean seriously when u can run them all on boot camp wats the point u get mac and watever ur using in the same computer!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[abhi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 14th 2008 6:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider Before Buying a Computer 3]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/01/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-computer-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/01/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-computer-3/</guid><description><![CDATA[Me think's Mr. O'Brien know's very little about what Window's has in the oven right now....That being a new OS (to no one's surprize) called Window's 7. I'll bet we will see it out there in the next 12 or so months. Weather it will be any better than there latest bomb....Vista! I have heard of many people having good luck with Vista but, I've also heard some horror stories about hardware issuses (and worse!) with Vista.<br>I've been using Mac's for many years, I have three right now, one being a Mac Pro with Boot Camp. I do love my PC's to, I've been using this A-Open, P4 running XP Pro for 5 years now and though I have done many upgrades it still is my main computer and boots up in 45 seconds.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 15th 2008 9:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Five Things to Consider Before Buying a Computer 3]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/10/01/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-computer-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/10/01/five-things-to-consider-before-buying-a-computer-3/</guid><description><![CDATA[Windows vista is "bloated and slow", what are you running it on, a pentium 4 with 512 Mb of ram? A security nightmare? I have 3 Vista machines with only Windows defender and no Anti Virus and never had a virus or malware. I tried Linux and most of my hardware didn't have linux drivers and the parade of patches was endless and in the end all you had was an OS that had no software written for it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 18th 2008 7:17PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
