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• Thursday, November 8, 2007 10:22 AM

  "a Windows machine gets so gummed up with spyware, viruses and other nasty stuff"

  so the answer is BUY A NEW COMPUTER??

  change your behavior exercise caution and your 600mhz Penitum2 with 256 mb of ram running XP on a 20Gb HD will work just fine.

  not flashy enough? sorry a computer is a tool not a lifestyle.

  keep wasting your money suckers!

  this so called machinist columnist actually suggests that people should give away or sell computers without reformatting or using a free program like DBAN boot&nuke to erase any personal information?

  stop downloading porn, stop using shareware, stop looking for song lyrics, stop allowing children to have unfettered access to install or click OK on anything that pops up, stop playing 'games', stop looking for zwinkys or playing dress up avatars, stop looking for chatroom programs, chill out with the joining every flavor of the month networking site,

  the real tragedy is not that you should feel bad for trying to re-sell a "gummed' up computer, its that it is no longer worth the cost & effort to employ the services of a computer professional at a range of $25-50 an hour.

  why pay $50 an hour to clean up spyware and viruses,

  re-install all your program, run security updates,

  configure your silly preferences, backup your data, restore your data! connect your ipod ETC ETC..

  when you can buy another pos box from Dell for $400 with a free lcd, printer & free shipping!?!??!

  (and of course you will need $ later more assistance later because you refuse to change your computing habits)

  —omarnyc Read omarnyc's other letters
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