[Ham-Mac] Re: Ham-Mac digest, Vol 4 #203 - 1 msg

[Walter O'Brien]

David,

Your cinder block example does show the physical pain and apprehension 
of working with Windows, but I don't think it quite shows the 
frustration. Perhaps the transformer/cinder block could be attached by 
wires and pulleys to the keyboard, so that every time you reach for the 
keyboard, it pulls away just out of reach.

But seriously - I'm running Windows XP Home via Virtual PC on a Mac, 
and I noted your suggestion about stripping Windows of everything not 
need to run just the software you need. Not sure where to go for that 
sort of help, any suggestions?

OR, any chance you have the opportunity to run FTBasic for memory 
management of the 897 and 857 on Virtual PC? For some reason that's the 
one software I need and nothing seems to allow it to load and run 
properly. Even the software author is aware of it and can't (or hasn't 
bothered) to figure out why to fix it.

Figured it was worth the asking... would LOVE to dump the PCheese 
laptop once and for all.

Thanks 73, Walter W2WJO

> David Allred <allred@photoninc.com> wrote:
>
> If you decide to use Virtual PC, here is the secret to having the 
> fewest
> hassles: Have a PC professional help you strip everything out of 
> Windows
> that isn't needed to run the one or two PC programs that you find you
> really need to run. And never run anything on the PC side that connects
> to the Internet.
>
> 73,
> David
> N1EXQ