Denny, is Kubuntu better than Ubuntu? I haven't duel-booted Ubuntu on this computer yet, so I'd consider the switch.
It happens all the time for me when I use adobe acrobat to open multiple documents between restarts. I don't know whether it is an IE problem; an Acrobat problem; a Vista problem; or maybe some sort of interference from my virus protection program.
I had a Mac and the thing completely died on me a year after I bought it. It was also pretty fucking slow if you tried to multitask with a few different programs.
Well it was still probably under factory warranty in which case they would replace it with the newest model at no charge. To Portland they use next day shipping so calling 800 MYAPPLE would have resulted in them sending you a box to return your computer, it would take a day for it to get to them, a day for them to fix it and a day to return it to you. Their service is pretty much as fast as Netflix. If not, you could have paid the extra $200 or so to get 3 years of Apple Care service. You can also take your computer to one of the many Apple stores in the area. I've purchased several Windows laptops from Best Buy and purchased their horrendous extended warranty. When I sent my laptop in for repairs it took on average 30 days to get my laptop back, and I had to go to the Best Buy to get it since they refuse to ship them to your house. At one point it took me over three months to get a laptop back and when I got it back they had replaced many of the parts with parts from a lower end model. And seriously, if things are slow multi tasking you can buy 4GB of ram from newegg for $57. Did you have an Intel Mac?
Oh yeah, you can print to PDF in ubuntu, too. I think I'd actually try Mac's OS if I could legally install it on generic PC hardware. I don't want to pay 1.5x the $$$ for lesser quality hardware for an actual Mac.
If you've upgraded from Xp to Vista the its not too good but Vista built computers are top notch. LINUX FTW
I like how Vista looks, but it blows. Therefore I have XP but with a Vista skin. So while it looks like I have Vista, it's really XP. Takes up very little resources as well. It's great.
oh yeah, BTW, to finish resolving my problem with OFFICE ONLINE regarding a purchase of a download I made a year ago (AND SAVED IN THEIR "DIGITAL LOCKER"), now fucking MICRO$OFT wants to charge me $55 just to fucking get further tech support.
