out with vista, in with leopard
Last year I was lucky enough to attend the Canadian Strategic Architect Forum. The goody bag that was given to attendees was quite nice, and included a Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000, as well as a copy of the (then) newly released Windows Vista operating system.
The computer I was using at home for personal use at the time was getting quite long in the tooth, and was unable to run Vista, so I didn’t end up installing it. I then decided to switch to a Mac, and so had no use for it. I tried selling it a few times on Craigslist, and at one point considered letting it go for $150. The interested buying never got back to me, so I opted to let the market dictate the price in an online auction at eBay. It was a great decision. 7 days after listing it for $149, I sold it for $212.76 plus $15 for shipping.
I received payment almost immediately, so, the next day, I went to amazon.ca and bought a copy Apple’s Mac OS 10.5 Leopard (5-user family pack) for $20 off, and then combined a $10 coupon I found online for a total of $189 and change (including tax).
Now, that’s what I call an upgrade!
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Vince
Good job selling your copy of Vista. I run Vista (Home Premium) on the computer I bought on Boxing Day but only because it came pre-installed. Then I reinstalled my Windows Server 2003, PHP, MySQL, WordPress, VS2005, VS2008 etc, etc…all in a Virtual PC, LOL. But yeah, Vista B L O W S…don’t get me started on its slow-as-molasses file-copying capabilities.
Feb 6th, 2008
neil
thanks. i’m glad to have finally gotten rid of it. i only wish i had done it sooner, before everyone found out how horrible it really is. :)
Well, the good thing about your VM is that it is portable, as long as you have a computer with enough RAM.
I hear ya on the file copying problem. it’s beyond me.
Feb 6th, 2008
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