[sdiy] OT: new Dell Support Center

[anthony]

Yeah I bought a new Dell instead of a new Mac because I already had a lot of 
synth apps and such for it. But in hindsight I'd rather have a single great 
applications on a mac than several good ones on a PC running any Windows OS 
or even Linux. So now I'm on the lookout for a nice used G4.

It's ironic that my use of soft synths and especially virtual analog synths 
is what got me into Synth-DIY in the first place. I started wanting to 
actually build the circuits those bits of software were emulating.

>I got a new HP over the summer. None of my audio production software
> would work on it's Vista. None of the software vendors were planning
> to release a Vista upgrade but announced brand new versions of the
> programs for Vista would become available for full price. Faced with
> having to spend another couple grand on the exact programs I already
> have I did what any sensible computer geek would do. I slapped a copy
> of KillDisc into the DVD drive.
> Then dug through boxes for my old XP disc.
> Hardware drivers were a pain to track down and the built in wireless
> LAN still doesn't work but I'm not complaining.
>
> Once I have my bands first CD release completed this March my use of
> Windows on an audio workstation is over with. I'll attempt to build a
> stable Linux based unit and failing that I'll use my wife to get a new
> Mac at educational rates from the university she works at.
>
> Dealing with this constant M$ planned obsolescence is a million times
> worse than trying to do business with a shifty crackhead.
>
> M. A. Ruberto
>
> On Feb 10, 2008 10:00 AM, anthony <aankrom at bluemarble.net> wrote:
>> So after b3eing nagged abotu it by my not new not old (2004) Dell PC I
>> downloaded the new Dell Support Software. And I have to say: damn! 
>> software
>> bloat is contagious! The whole installation process and then the
>> configuration process made my Norton antivirus software go nuts. And it
>> dawned on me: do I really even need to bother? Haven't all of those
>> important automatic updates come straight from Microsoft? Didn't I set it 
>> up
>> that way a while ao? I think so. I'm just wondering what everybody else 
>> who
>> has a somewhat new but not new enough Dell PC did.
>>
>>
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