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Sorry, but: WHY THE HECK did Acer at one point decide to sell laptops with 512 MB RAM and Vista Basic? Being my families IT-support hotline, I've had to "do maintenance" on one of those recently. I ended up booting the darned thing into Knoppicillin for the most part of the "maintenance" because it was so darn slow under Vista, mainly because there are only 3 MB of physical RAM left after the ATI graphics burrowed their claws into 64 MB of the 512 MB installed. I just had to vent.
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Sebastian Schneider wrote:
WHY THE HECK did Acer at one point decide to sell laptops with 512 MB RAM and Vista Basic?
;)
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Sorry, but: WHY THE HECK did Acer at one point decide to sell laptops with 512 MB RAM and Vista Basic? Being my families IT-support hotline, I've had to "do maintenance" on one of those recently. I ended up booting the darned thing into Knoppicillin for the most part of the "maintenance" because it was so darn slow under Vista, mainly because there are only 3 MB of physical RAM left after the ATI graphics burrowed their claws into 64 MB of the 512 MB installed. I just had to vent.
Cheers -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
One word. Money.
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One word. Money.
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Sorry, but: WHY THE HECK did Acer at one point decide to sell laptops with 512 MB RAM and Vista Basic? Being my families IT-support hotline, I've had to "do maintenance" on one of those recently. I ended up booting the darned thing into Knoppicillin for the most part of the "maintenance" because it was so darn slow under Vista, mainly because there are only 3 MB of physical RAM left after the ATI graphics burrowed their claws into 64 MB of the 512 MB installed. I just had to vent.
Cheers -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
Sebastian Schneider wrote:
Sorry, but: WHY THE HECK did Acer at one point decide to sell laptops with 512 MB RAM and Vista Basic?
I see this a lot. I mean sell a laptop/desktop that is hopelessly underpowered at little or no profit and then charge 3X to 10X for the upgrades.
John
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One word. Money.
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Another word. Antidisestablishmentarianism.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Another word. Antidisestablishmentarianism.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Sebastian Schneider wrote:
WHY THE HECK did Acer at one point decide to sell laptops with 512 MB RAM and Vista Basic?
;)
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For buyers like me, who don't like inflated prices and get good service from their Acer laptops.
You really gotta try harder to keep up with everyone that's not on the short bus with you. - John Simmons / outlaw programmer.
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Sorry, but: WHY THE HECK did Acer at one point decide to sell laptops with 512 MB RAM and Vista Basic? Being my families IT-support hotline, I've had to "do maintenance" on one of those recently. I ended up booting the darned thing into Knoppicillin for the most part of the "maintenance" because it was so darn slow under Vista, mainly because there are only 3 MB of physical RAM left after the ATI graphics burrowed their claws into 64 MB of the 512 MB installed. I just had to vent.
Cheers -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
A doctor runs into a lawyer at a party: "Your a lawyer, huh? Maybe you can give me some professional advice. You see I am a Doctor and every time I go to parties like these people always come up to me and ask for free medical advice. I am sure you have the same problem in your profession" "I used to", replied the lawyer, "but then I started sending everyone that asked me for help a bill. Eventually word got around and no one asks me for advice at parties anymore". "That's an amazing idea, I think I will try it". Two weeks later the doctor received a bill for the lawyers time.
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Terminalogicalinexactitude is more likey.
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True. Definitely more relevant.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Sorry, but: WHY THE HECK did Acer at one point decide to sell laptops with 512 MB RAM and Vista Basic? Being my families IT-support hotline, I've had to "do maintenance" on one of those recently. I ended up booting the darned thing into Knoppicillin for the most part of the "maintenance" because it was so darn slow under Vista, mainly because there are only 3 MB of physical RAM left after the ATI graphics burrowed their claws into 64 MB of the 512 MB installed. I just had to vent.
Cheers -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
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Sorry, but: WHY THE HECK did Acer at one point decide to sell laptops with 512 MB RAM and Vista Basic? Being my families IT-support hotline, I've had to "do maintenance" on one of those recently. I ended up booting the darned thing into Knoppicillin for the most part of the "maintenance" because it was so darn slow under Vista, mainly because there are only 3 MB of physical RAM left after the ATI graphics burrowed their claws into 64 MB of the 512 MB installed. I just had to vent.
Cheers -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
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£.
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€.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
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Sorry, but: WHY THE HECK did Acer at one point decide to sell laptops with 512 MB RAM and Vista Basic? Being my families IT-support hotline, I've had to "do maintenance" on one of those recently. I ended up booting the darned thing into Knoppicillin for the most part of the "maintenance" because it was so darn slow under Vista, mainly because there are only 3 MB of physical RAM left after the ATI graphics burrowed their claws into 64 MB of the 512 MB installed. I just had to vent.
Cheers -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
Because it supported MS's minimum specs?
Sovereign ingredient for a happy marriage: Pay cash or do without. Interest charges not only eat up a household budget; awareness of debt eats up domestic felicity. --Lazarus Long Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. --Ralph Charell
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640K ought to be enough for anybody (including acer laptop users).
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
Only if it comes with 5 1/4" floppy drives, and no HDD. :)
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A doctor runs into a lawyer at a party: "Your a lawyer, huh? Maybe you can give me some professional advice. You see I am a Doctor and every time I go to parties like these people always come up to me and ask for free medical advice. I am sure you have the same problem in your profession" "I used to", replied the lawyer, "but then I started sending everyone that asked me for help a bill. Eventually word got around and no one asks me for advice at parties anymore". "That's an amazing idea, I think I will try it". Two weeks later the doctor received a bill for the lawyers time.
Need custom software developed? I do C# development and consulting all over the United States. A man said to the universe: "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation." --Stephen Crane
If was the doctor I would have just paid him then and there. He was warned.
You really gotta try harder to keep up with everyone that's not on the short bus with you. - John Simmons / outlaw programmer.
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€.
Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton
¥
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True. Definitely more relevant.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Both worthless in my opinion, so more a case of floccinaucinihilipilification :)
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Sebastian Schneider wrote:
WHY THE HECK did Acer at one point decide to sell laptops with 512 MB RAM and Vista Basic?
;)
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I bought an Acer laptop last fall with Vista. I've not had any major problems, and haven't even had to turn UAC off.
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