:scared: Hi, I am thinking about buying a Mac for web surfing, word processing, some light gaming, maybe some photo stuff. I have a PC now that is running Windows and I am sick of the freezing, blue screen of death, etc. Don't want to spend a ton - I'm thinking low end Mac or used. Any advice?

Thanks,

Laura

Hi all,

Thanks for all the advice, and offers of assistance. I am so embarrassed about the dinosaur of a system that I am using.

I have a PC that was built by a local computer store. It has a P4(can't remember exactly what the speed is) Athlon processor, 240 MB of RAM, 40 Gig HDD, and I run (gasp!) Windows 98. I have an ethernet card and an external ADSL modem. I did have Norton Internet Security 2005, but got a lot of Lucomserver and Ccapp errors, so I installed System Mechanic Pro 6's antivirus program and that part has improved things. I bought SMP6 to try and fix some problems (but I think I need more RAM), but when it tries to fix HDD problems it seems to get stuck and doesn't go any further. The computer when I am on the net (I run IE and Outlook Express).

So, what's the verdict?

Thanks,

Laura

Hi all,

Thanks for all the advice, and offers of assistance. I am so embarrassed about the dinosaur of a system that I am using.

I have a PC that was built by a local computer store. It has a P4(can't remember exactly what the speed is) Athlon processor, 240 MB of RAM, 40 Gig HDD, and I run (gasp!) Windows 98. I have an ethernet card and an external ADSL modem. I did have Norton Internet Security 2005, but got a lot of Lucomserver and Ccapp errors, so I installed System Mechanic Pro 6's antivirus program and that part has improved things. I bought SMP6 to try and fix some problems (but I think I need more RAM), but when it tries to fix HDD problems it seems to get stuck and doesn't go any further. The computer when I am on the net (I run IE and Outlook Express).

So, what's the verdict?

Thanks,

Laura

You do not have what you think you have. P4 is an Intel CPU and Athlon is a AMD PCU. You do not have both in your PC.

Download this little program by clicking on this link and then click "Save File"

After it is downloaded to your desktop, just click on it and it will tell what is installed on your PC. No installation required.

Thanks, this is very helpful.

Cool program. Ok, so I have an AMD Duron with a max speed of 1.3 GHz.

A 40 Gig Hard Drive, and 240 mb RAM. The rest is about the same.

Thanks,

Laura

I'm curious what kind of computer and which windows OS you have that you get the blue screen all the time.

The blue "screen of death" can also be a heat problem. Check to make sure your fan is working.

MAC!!!!

I have 3 macs in the house: a 17" iMac, a Mac Mini, and a 24" iMac. All hooked up wireless (and painless). I've been a Mac user for a long time. The first one I bought was a 3900.00 PowerMac (yikes!)

Good luck on your choice,

-Craig