[Ham-Computers] Too stupid to own a PC

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Dave,

Gateway is notorious for building their systems with "whatever is on the 
shelf at the moment". Which is why it often looks like something from almost 
every component maker in the business on the inside of the case. Hence, 
things often times do not operate in the manner they should or when they try 
some hardware or software does not like something else and incompatibility 
results.

Some owners suggest that Gateway does part of this on purpose to force 
owners to purchase special hardware and/or software from them to make what 
the owner wants work. Probably true, but Gateway is certainly not alone in 
that approach to marketing to consumers!

I think the suggestion you got was a good solution and I wish you well in 
making it happen.

Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave 'Doc' Corio" <dcorio at zitomedia.net>
To: <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:11 PM
Subject: [Ham-Computers] Too stupid to own a PC


>    That has to be the best reply I ever received!
>
>    My goal was to have a dual-boot PC with the resident Windows OS on the 
> master drive, while using the second drive as a LINUX boot drive and as 
> backup storage for the primary drive. Will the SATA enclosure through the 
> USB port allow me to do this? I also have an IDE drive that I could have 
> used an enclosure on and saved all this trouble. That's what I get for 
> "assuming" the new drive would work!
>
> tnx
> Dave
>
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