I've just upgraded my puter to a used one with XP...I think it's an HP with a Pentium 4 chip, beyond that it's hard to say what's actually in these used models since the dealers do an inspect/refurbish on each one...but the bottom line is I'm very happy with the new(er) model, & I go along with boog on buy used puters...they're like cars, the biggest depreciation comes when ya take it home...yeh, last year's model will be obselete sooner, but since the Lix family doesn't have any gamers that need state of the art speed & graphix...well, hell, you've survived for a while with an really old system, believe me, you're mind will be boggled enough with even a little upgrade...especially with moving up to broadband. I have Comcast, & yeh, it's a little pricey, but I imagine that DSL would still be a big improvement as well...which leads me to...
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Originally Posted by LixyChick
As to the LapLink info you supplied...here's where I sit like a deer in the headlights when you start talking about networking and broadband and all that other stuff! I don't know what the hell it means but it sounded good! LMFAO! So...I'll research the transfer better before I choose to do anything. I can learn if I can see it done or can follow the instructions!
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I'll try to take the tech-speak down a notch...when you switch to broadband (DSL or cable), you will get a special modem provided, that'll be connected by an ethernet cable that looks like a phone line on steroids...if you want to connect 2 puters, you can get a router that ties into the modem...the router should allow the 2 to communicate with each other & pass info from one to the other...
As for whether to go with an upgrade to Vista, my experience (as well as many other's) is that it's always best to let the techies work out the bugs on anything Microsoft introduces...seriously, my mind is blown enough by my move from 2000 to XP...
Mostly I'm thrilled that you're upgrading so that maybe now you'll have the puter you need to spend more time perving with me...us, I mean, US!!!