should i get a refurbished eMac?
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A refurbished iMac would be the better choice - but purchase from a reputable dealer.
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Well it didn't exactly "rescue" me from troubles, but... I'll tell you my story.\nI have a Dell Inspiron notebook. All of a sudden, my hard disk purred and crashed! (I had WinXP Pro in the hard disk)\nOh great! what am I gonna do? I dont have any money to buy a new hard disk, and my dad is gonna kill me if he gets to know about this.\nI got an idea! I whipped out all the free DVDs I got with magazines and found one that had a GamesKnoppix ISO file. Took that DVD to a studio, and got the ISO burned to a CD-R.\nCame home, put in the CD, set the BIOS to boot from it, and voila! Linux-on-CD!\nI have a 64MB flash drive, so I made that a "mini-hard-disk" for my Live CD, so that I can store the settings and retrieve them the next time I boot Linux. I just need to enter a small instruction, and the OS automatically retrieves the settings stored there and applies them.\nLife's good with the Linux. I'm able to browse with Mozilla Firefox, chat with Gaim, edit HTML stuff with KWrite (it's so much better than Windows Notepad) and have fun checking out Linux and playing with Terminal. It's cool!\n\nBut I still miss Windows XP :((\n_______\nViva La Dvorak! - www.dvzine.org
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You need an original installation disc, or a set of system restore discs, one or the other of which probably came with your computer.
683194
anywhere between $100 and $500 depending on what versions of the software you want
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Yes, if you are doing an upgrade. BUT!!!  Make sure you back up all of your data, just in case.  There are never any guarantees.  Even though the files should make the transition, any small glich can cause them to be corrupted.  Always back your stuff up before making any change!
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I suggest you figure out what you are going to being using the laptop for and how much you have budgeted.  If it will only be used an hour or so every few days and you only plan on browsing web pages and doing e-mail an old refurbished laptop for $300 might work fine.  If at the other extreme you are a gamer and need a very fast CPU, lots and lots of RAM and a graphics chip then $3000 might be required.  If you travel all the time the battery life and size might be the most important consideration.
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You have to make sure you eject it for safe removal to avoid corruption.  Some rescue applications may work. Support is best in XP and 2000, if you're using ME or 98, spend some money. Mac works fine as well.
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DOH! Do a system restore and hope for the best.
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This is the one I use. Haven't had any problem with it. It suggests many ways to fix your computer after scanning it and telling you what is wrong with it. The only thing is certain areas require you buy a product to fix some of the issues. There are always other free ways around buying the products though. It is a free service to scan though and alot of their suggestions on how to fix things are free as well. Hope it helps.
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You need an emulator program to be able to do this.  But, you are not simultaneously running these OS's, they become virtual computers and run on a lot of memory.  If you don't have 1 Gig of RAM in the iMac, I wouldn't suggest it.\n\nIf you still want to do this, you ust find the program Virtual PC.  Usually, you have to buy it for about $50.  Once you have it, you can run the program and start up virtual PC's and install operating systems.\n\nIf you are really interested in this kind of thing, I would strongly suggest buying a newer computer to do this on, and I'd definitely stick with the Mac.  They run virtual PC's a lot better than junky Windows PC's.  And if you purchase a brand new Intel Mac from Apple, they have a program called Bootcamp that will allow you to choose whether to boot to Mac or Windows, but not both.\n\nSo take that all into consideration, and good luck.
1100179
Upgrade , you can learn how to format, blah blah with it . just play araound with you will discovers stuffs for yourself
1099346
Sorry to disappoint you, but... perhaps you should buy a real computer (specifically, a PC). You may keep the imac for decoration - that's the best use for that toy.
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It shouldn't; your computer may be busy doing other tasks in the background. Give the computer a couple of minutes to start up and it should work fine. No need reinstalling the operating system; it's a new computer! I wouldn't do that.
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Make a three PMs Schdules. \n\n1. Regular Antivirus Check and updates\n2. OS Security Patches \n3. Garbagge Collections and regular Hardware Checkups\n\nIn case of any Disaster you can use the best award winning worriless solution of System Recovery Acronis True Image 9.1\nIts a best ever solution to restore the whole system in few minutes. \n\nHave fun and wish u good luck for ur new setup :)
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nope, if u lookin 4 a decent new one\n\na celeron m should start 32,000/- if u planning 4 office use\n- no good 4 home use\n\nelse, try u'r luck at a 2nd hand one @ ebay
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I've had two, and I have been a satisfied customer.\n\nWe bought the first machine, plugged it in, and used it\nas our main "family" computer for at least 3 years (maybe\nmore -- I can't quite remember).  \n\nAt some point, we realized that technology had marched on\n(newer processors were 4X faster, disks were 10X bigger,\nthe new machines have CR/RW or DVD's) *and* we were \nlooking at upgrading Windows from 98 to XP.  The easiest\nway to get all of that was to retire the old E-machine\nand just buy a new one (ie. software upgrade via box-swap).\n\nWe've had this one for a couple of years with no \nproblems.
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if you have a computer with 3.1 on it, odds are it is out of date and xp will not run on it or will run so poorly it would not be worth the time. With P.c.'s starting out at around $400, just go get a new one.