will I finally be able to install Norton and then use my computer afterwards? Haven't been able to do that since I had Norton Utilities 2000 running on Win98SE. It's pretty bad when you actually have to download extra software just to uninstall a program. and even then you may still have to format your hard drive to get rid of it.
Correct me if i'm wrong here... but my OS isn't palying the video. Other software I have installed is. All the OS is doing is channeling the neccesary data through the correct ports. i.e. when I watch a DVD using WinDVD the OS is controlling the drive, and the video card and channeling the data through. But the software that is actually doing the work is WinDVD, Not my OS. Right? Besides, the only real problem I have had so far watching streaming video, (through realPlayer or Quicktime, (neither of which is my OS,)) is when there is lag on the net. And when I have 6mb/s download and I'm watching a video stream that is coming down at 256k/s, and windows has no trouble handling the 200mb/s of my local area network, I don't see where the problem would be with the OS. some lag on the net, yeah. but not enough to make it unviewable. (BTW the stream mentioned was a 600x480 video) It's not Hi-Def, but so what? I have cable and sattelite for Hi-Def. On-Demand is great.
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will I finally be able to install Norton and then use my computer afterwards? Haven't been able to do that since I had Norton Utilities 2000 running on Win98SE. It's pretty bad when you actually have to download extra software just to uninstall a program. and even then you may still have to format your hard drive to get rid of it.
Correct me if i'm wrong here... but my OS isn't palying the video. Other software I have installed is. All the OS is doing is channeling the neccesary data through the correct ports. i.e. when I watch a DVD using WinDVD the OS is controlling the drive, and the video card and channeling the data through. But the software that is actually doing the work is WinDVD, Not my OS. Right? Besides, the only real problem I have had so far watching streaming video, (through realPlayer or Quicktime, (neither of which is my OS,)) is when there is lag on the net. And when I have 6mb/s download and I'm watching a video stream that is coming down at 256k/s, and windows has no trouble handling the 200mb/s of my local area network, I don't see where the problem would be with the OS. some lag on the net, yeah. but not enough to make it unviewable. (BTW the stream mentioned was a 600x480 video) It's not Hi-Def, but so what? I have cable and sattelite for Hi-Def. On-Demand is great.