[Coco] OT: Computer for a newbie

[camillus Blockx]

If it is genuine winxp, put it back on,make him a restore cd and
charge him for it. ( cost around $95 Avg at local repairshop) He/she
can restore if needed next time. Make a paprt thet hebought the pc for
$0 dollar so that makes it his with all the responsibility.


On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
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> Sounds like it needs a parental block for ANY system you put on it LOL
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Louis Ciotti <lciotti1 at gmail.com>
> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sat, May 18, 2013 10:52 pm
> Subject: [Coco] OT: Computer for a newbie
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>
> I think I know the answer to this, but thought I would toss it out to
> the group, totally off topic, but I am wondering what OS someone would recomment
> for a total computer newbie.  I have built up an old Gateway PC and gave
> it to someone wanting a PC but no cash to get anything.  Well I  had put
> XP on it, but after about three day they had it totally hosed, with more
> spam/maleware you can shake a stick at.  So I am at a delema, I want to
> help the person out, but I am leary about putting anything but windows
> on it since they want to "play games" did not get into detail on this,
> but really think I am stuck putting XP back on it.  Any thoughts?  I
> would love to just throw a simple linux distro on it and call it a day,
> but I fear that will just be too complicated in the end, especially with
> him wanting do some gaming on it.
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