HP games
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Huh? The upgrade from 10.6.0 to 10.6.2 is a different piece of software from a 10.6.1 to 10.6.2? That's crazy! Do they have a different install for each version x -> version y upgrade?
Wouldn't surprise me. Not sure if they still do it, but they used to require a full download of iTunes for each and every upgrade.
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Huh? The upgrade from 10.6.0 to 10.6.2 is a different piece of software from a 10.6.1 to 10.6.2? That's crazy! Do they have a different install for each version x -> version y upgrade?
To add to my above post, I am now updating my iTunes to 9.0.3 (from 9.0). Using their updater software (Apple Software Update), it is 93.08MB... guess they still haven't figured out how to make an update.
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Douglas Troy wrote:
First step in stagging a new computer.
That sounds painful. :~ ;P Marc
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Well, on a laptop, you can't really do that without voiding the warranty... After a year, I'll be doing just that on our new laptop.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Well, on a laptop, you can't really do that without voiding the warranty...
Really? I've never heard of that before. Either you buy your laptops from extremely shady retailers or I've got a bridge to sell you...
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I work for one company, and I work from home. They'd have to buy me MSDN seperately. Sadly, no.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
I work for one company, and I work from home. I have MSDN provided by the company. Perhaps your issue is the ocean between company and home, and the national boundaries that implies?
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Amen - I'd have paid a bit extra for that option. Or at least clean OS install DVDs.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
Well, on a laptop, you can't really do that without voiding the warranty...
Really? I've never heard of that before. Either you buy your laptops from extremely shady retailers or I've got a bridge to sell you...
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If you change the hard drive configuration (eliminating their recovery partition), or install a version of Windows or any other OS that was not originally installed on the machine (not counting an official upgrade/update from the laptop manufacturer, the manufacturer and (and often do) void your warranty.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
So, my notebook (Compaq) came with a ton of games. I was looking at them last night. They allow me to play each game four times. After that, I can click the 'buy' button, or the 'play with ads on' button. I am more than a little mad. Not b/c I want games, because I don't want such drivel on my hard drive. Give me games, or don't. Don't try to trick me into spending more with you or your partners.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
You bought a HP consumer product... did you expect anything remotely professional? :)
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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Yea ... sucks ... a person should be able to purchase a machine with just the OS on it and nothing else. No ads, games, "diagnostic tools", etc.etc.etc. ... just a clean install of the OS.
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Bad Astronomy |VCF|wxWidgets|WTLDouglas Troy wrote:
Yea ... sucks ... a person should be able to purchase a machine with just the OS on it and nothing else. No ads, games, "diagnostic tools", etc.etc.etc. ... just a clean install of the OS.
Isn't that a feature of the Microsoft retail stores? They sell crapware-free PCs?
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p CodeProject MVP for 2010 - who'd'a thunk it!
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If you change the hard drive configuration (eliminating their recovery partition), or install a version of Windows or any other OS that was not originally installed on the machine (not counting an official upgrade/update from the laptop manufacturer, the manufacturer and (and often do) void your warranty.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001I get around that by imaging the hard drive image with all partitions before wiping the system. When Mrs. Flynn's HP recently had to be sent back, we backed up her data, restored the image and sent it back as if it were unused. :-\ Used to use Ghost for backups, but we just recently picked up Acronis TrueImage 2010. So much faster than Ghost and we're able to convert most backups to virtual machines/Windows Backup files. Flynn