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Darren:
Yep W7 gets the  :thumbup: from me

Vista belongs in the bin ....  :hammer: Should never have been allowed out, bit like me  :lol:

Bluechip:
John, Darren ..

Never had any grief from Vista on my laptop. The only thing I could do without was the time it took to load. But then the laptop is a 1.6GHz dual core Pentium with only 1GB of Ram, not really enough I think.

This doins is a 2.6 GHz  'Core 2 Quad Processor (??)' with 4GB RAM.
( No idea what that 'processor' stuff is. Can't see inside to count the spark plugs  :scratch: )

Does seem to kick off in about 30 secs. as opposed to 2 1/2 to 3 mins -ish. ( time for a fag tho' )

I'm not too sure about this widescreen monitor. Not very keen on it, suppose I'll get used to it eventually.
Was concerned about a curious clicking noise appeared to be coming from it. Turned out to be my eyeballs hitting their limit stops. All OK now ..


Dave BC

bogstandard:
Dave,

I'm having the same sort of problems. I have just installed a 24" widescreen monitor, and as you say, whereas before you could scan the whole screen without moving your head, now I have to go searching for icons on the desktop by swinging my head from side to side. It is like being at the cinema.

I am running a latest PC with dual core 64 bit Athlon on 4 gigs of memory (thinking of going to 8 gigs), but when I checked for compatibility with W7, it told me that the super fast onboard graphics chip I was using was not really good enough to use W7 to its max capabilities, and recommended fitting a third party graphics card to allow me to access W7's higher end graphics capabilities (it is automatically switched off if your machine can't handle it). So this is an operating system that wouldn't really suit a machine over maybe a year old, if you wanted to use everything the operating system has to offer.

BTW, here is a recipe that is perfect for a lone person who hates cooking, dead easy and done in no time. You could even throw a bit of your mile long cheese in, grated of course (use a rough wheel on your offhand grinder). A chopped up rasher of bacon in the initial mix turns it into a meat eaters delight.

http://www.leekpotatosoup.com/recipes/leek-potato-soup.htm

Boil it up, eat some, let the rest cool down and freeze and bag it up for those times when you don't feel like cooking. Only put cream (not necessary if you don't want it) into individual bowl, not into main pan.
We prefer to only half blitz our soups (big drill bit in hand electric drill), so leaving small chunky bits. I have found it is better to reheat in a pan if you leave chunky bits in it. Nuke and ding tends to make the potato bits go a bit hard.

 :thumbup:

John

Bluechip:
John

Thanks for recipe, looks just about simple enough for me. No guaratees tho'. ::)

24" monitor? mine is 19". It's my specs. They were for reading at some 10"-12". Screen is too close at that focus. Need to get some more I think.
Had 'em for 8 yrs. Get my peepers tested every 2, but they are the same lens prescription, so, no point getting new. Til Now ..

Dave BC

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