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[StinkyCheese]

Idk what the problem is. I'm on the space coast in shorts and t shirt and everyone else is

It's in the 60s.

Yep, welcome to Florida. Even people born and raised as yanks wear big pools jackets sometimes. I laugh, but I'm an ahole so what do I know. Only about an hour east of me. Might go out to Port Canaveral this weekend for some food.

[StinkyCheese]

If you get a virus you're doing something really wrong. With as many shady sites and all the downloading I do rarely get viruses or malware. Also that never do that windows boot fix thing it's useless. The no windows found is a fairly easy fix if I remember right, been a few years since I've had to do one of those for someone.

[crafferty]

Those are just the times I caught on camera, towards the end of it's life. That damn computer was a pile of crap from the day I fired it up! Nothing but trouble for 6 straight years. One I had prior (paid $1,200 for that one - Sony Vaio), and the one before that, all the same. Would always eventually end up with malware, root kits, viruses, and any other Microsuck malady that's out there.

 

There's very little that bothers me with the iMac, aside from the price. Took me a couple weeks to get used to the differences - it was very intuitive overall. I'm not what you'd call "computer savvy", and I had it all figured out in less than a month. No viruses, no sudden loss of internet access, or my printer - it just turns on every day and does what it's supposed to do. After 14 years of dealing with Microsoft, I'll never go back.

 

Now I go over my 86 year old neighbor's about every week to straighten his out. Has Windows 10. What a waste of money that system is! He'll be buying an iMac soon too. Didn't take me long to talk him into it..

You do realize that both iOS and Windows are susceptible to viruses. Despite popular belief iOS can get viruses and infections just like windows. Heck depending on the year iOS is actually more vulenerable. But since Windows has close to 2 billion daily users it's targeted a lot more than iOS. I haven't used any anti-virus on my personal pc's in at least 15 years and have only had a handful of issues. But they were all due to torrenting, thus self inflected as that comes with the territory.

 

Amazing how I buy a new video card and this turns into PC chat for pages [emoji38]

Nice! What'd you get? I think next generation of graphics cards I'm going to build a new machine.

 

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[Jsdirt]

If you get a virus you're doing something really wrong. With as many shady sites and all the downloading I do rarely get viruses or malware. Also that never do that windows boot fix thing it's useless. The no windows found is a fairly easy fix if I remember right, been a few years since I've had to do one of those for someone.

 

Just doing Google searches for parts, like I normally do. Every so often I'd click on one, then the computer would be screwed.

 

After this kept happening, I downloaded 3 antivirus, anti malware programs, and that stopped that for the most part ... but never explained why out of the blue, I suddenly couldn't connect to the internet. I'd spend 4 hours on the phone with Verizon, and they'd get it going again (wasn't a problem on their end - was my computer). Then a few days later, I'd try to print a label to ship something, and the printer is "not found". Sometimes shutting down and restarting would work .. but most of the time it was never that easy. Happened with every single Microsoft system I've had since '01.

 

Neither here nor there now - happy with the iMac and it's hands-off ability to get the job done.

[SnakeEyeSS]

My arthritis may not like it though

Autoimmune?

[MikeNH]

I've run an Apple machine at home since 2008. Never got any viruses or malware or whatever. I'm smart about what I click, have security configured well and yet on my work-issued windows machines (of which I've had to be issued 4 in the same time I've had 2 MacBooks) have all had viruses caught by AVG. Nevermind all the weird crap Windows does. The Apple stuff is painfully expensive but I'll keep buying it as it just works.

[Daryl LBZ]

Just sold my Xbox One Elite on Amazon for $308.25. Not too bad considering I paid $350 for it this past summer.

[Colossus]

That's a good deal, congrats

[kstruckcountry]

Just sold my Xbox One Elite on Amazon for $308.25. Not too bad considering I paid $350 for it this past summer.

I would have given you $100

 

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[Daryl LBZ]

That's a good deal, congrats

Thanks.

 

I would have given you $100

 

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That's about all it's worth. Haha!

[crafferty]

Just sold my Xbox One Elite on Amazon for $308.25. Not too bad considering I paid $350 for it this past summer.

Glad I haven't sold mine to them yet. Guess I'll submit it tonight.

 

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[Daryl LBZ]

Glad I haven't sold mine to them yet. Guess I'll submit it tonight.

 

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I sold mine to a buyer, not Amazon themselves.

[crafferty]

I sold mine to a buyer, not Amazon themselves.

Oh dang, so after fees you basically got the same as selling it to Amazon. Electronics is still a 15% fee correct?

 

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[kstruckcountry]

I sold mine to a buyer, not Amazon themselves.

Why were you selling? Saving up for Scorpio?

 

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[Daryl LBZ]

Why were you selling? Saving up for Scorpio?

 

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Either buying truck parts or buying a gaming laptop. Waiting to see how much I get back for income tax first. Don't think I'm getting a Scorpio unless they end up getting really cheap. Tired of paying premium price for junk Xbox consoles.