This is taking a while.

Nathan Ramella · Post by **Nathan Ramella** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:36 am

Here's a simulated picture of me before starting.

IT'S ON..

Another simulated picture.. this is taking a while..

This picture is not simulated, I have aged horribly.

This is me now. I am dead and praying for release from my misery.

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:53 am

As a user of both, I feel your pain. I don't have the time, desire, or knowledge to tweak/troubleshoot/etc computers. I'd rather spend my time creatively.

http://www.apple.com/getamac/

Turn it on, it works. And if you must, it runs Windows programs.

Nathan Ramella · Post by **Nathan Ramella** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:07 am

I posted this from my 17" Mac Book Pro.

It pooped out when I tried to get Bootcamp going.. so, doing it the old fashioned way..

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:45 am

Nathan Ramella · Post by **Nathan Ramella** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:54 am

hoffman2k wrote:

That takes me back.. Good old Fat Agnus.. She never let me down.

Nathan Ramella · Post by **Nathan Ramella** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:03 pm

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE...

I'm now here.

I'm reading something like this..

I'm eating this

I'm drinking this

I've hooked up this

and this

kb420 · Post by **kb420** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:11 pm

I've built the last two computers that I have owned. I was planning on builing another, but deicided not to just because of that. I'm paying someone else to do it. I just don't want the headache.

I do feel your pain. I just got an Mbox 2 yesterday, and it took the better part of 8 hours to install it, update to 7.4, and get all of the software that I have that is suppose to run in RTAS format to work. I stll haven't installed the so-called "Ignition Pack".

That's what I miss most about hardware. Just turn it on and play.

blank · Post by **blank** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:21 pm

you can automate all this process you know

it takes me 30 mins installing xp on my machine and it's all ready to go.

and I don't have to be in front of the machine once the partition are done

bgc · Post by **bgc** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:42 pm

Come on, we all love this stuff. Why else would we bother with computers? Who in their right mind would spend so much time dinking around with them unless they really, really, really, really, really loved them?

Klinikal · Post by **Klinikal** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:55 pm

It got me 30 minutes to install XP for the first time. Then I made an image and if I want to reinstall I just restore system partition from image - it takes 5 minutes

SO I don't feel Your pain

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:05 pm

too late for nLite as you are already looking at the tellytubby hill.

but you really do want to go here

http://www.autopatcher.com/downloads/

unless you fancy applying the 24581 hotfixes to XP one by one.

Nathan Ramella · Post by **Nathan Ramella** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:17 pm

What's this then?

huh?

huh.

3dot... · Post by **3dot...** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:07 pm

Ahh

I feel your pain man...

(and Vista is far worst installing ! )

soon as you finished setting up...

make an disc image backup!

(I use Norton Ghost for that...)

next time around you'll be done in 20 mins.