mel jacobson on wed 22 dec 04
thanks again for all the fine suggestions to help
me run clayart. it does mean a great deal to have
fine computer experts to help us.
i have made some decisions here:
i am going to install linux on one of my
better backup pc's. i am going to install
it into a new high speed internet/road runner cable
system. get a hub and run my good pc off of it
with some good firewall protection and anti spam
software on the linux machine.
i have a friend that is very good with linux.
he will install and teach me the basics, with time,
i will learn linux so i can use it other machines.
(i have the mandrake/linux software now.)
when my good pc needs to be replaced i may go
to high end mac/or like. that may be two years down
the track.
of course i will install all the new stuff in the
`ridatick` system, then it becomes a tax deduction
and business expense. kill two birds with one
stone.
my computer friend claims i am bored with ms, and
want to learn a new system, and of course hubs and
routers. `that may be true`.
mel
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
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william schran on wed 22 dec 04
Mel wrote:>when my good pc needs to be replaced i may go
to high end mac/or like. <
Mel, if you haven't worked on a Mac before, you'll have a real treat
in store. There will be a little learning curve, but the Mac,
especially now with system X (read system ten), you'll have a rock
solid machine.
I'm working on an older iMac (1999) and can't remember the last crash
or freeze up. At the beginning, there were issues with software, but
updates resolved them. Have a G4 at school - system has never crashed!
I started with a Apple Mac Classic at school and my first Mac at home
was a used Performa with a 40Mb hard drive and 10megs of RAM!
Bill
Hank Murrow on wed 22 dec 04
On Dec 22, 2004, at 5:15 AM, mel jacobson wrote:
>
> i have made some decisions here:
>
> i am going to install linux on one of my
> better backup pc's.
> i have a friend that is very good with linux.
> he will install and teach me the basics,
> when my good pc needs to be replaced i may go
> to high end mac/or like. that may be two years down
> the track.
> want to learn a new system,
You GO Guy! The Mayor demonstrates grace under fire.
Old dogs do learn new tricks, my friends.
Love, Hank in Eugene
www.murrow.biz/hank
Kathy on wed 22 dec 04
On Dec 22, 2004, at 9:00 AM, william schran wrote:
> Mel, if you haven't worked on a Mac before, you'll have a real treat
> in store. There will be a little learning curve, but the Mac,
> especially now with system X (read system ten), you'll have a rock
> solid machine.
This is really true. But a mild caveat emptor, "buyer beware": a Mac is
not a panacea. It is still a computer and needs a certain amount of
know-how and maintenance. You need to backup, save and find things. If
you get a camera, scanner or printer, Treo or iPod, you need to connect
peripherals, and you need to network, or at least connect to your
modem. While these are generally considerably easier and more direct on
a Mac, I am continually employed, as a Macintosh consultant, to do
things like that for people who can't seem to do it themselves. Maybe
it's laziness, maybe its fear, or maybe I didn't explain it well enough
the first time.
Longtime Mac users have also learned, through our long years in the
desert, before Steve Jobs came back, when our Macs were a bit cranky,
that hubris is never far and commands a certain respect. Fly Apple, by
all means, but know that its only software, hardware and people keeping
the 'magical' plane aloft.
Kathy
@jerseymac.com
Darin Lang on wed 22 dec 04
> my computer friend claims i am bored with ms, and
> want to learn a new system, and of course hubs and
> routers. `that may be true`.
I have 2 macs, 2 pc's and a linux computer all on the same home network,
part wired, part wireless. It's fun being able to play in different
world's. You should have a great adventure. Mac's are by far the
favorite though, stable and mostly trouble free.
Hope this eases the problems for you.
Darin Lang
William Schran on thu 23 dec 04
At 02:27 PM 12/22/2004, you wrote:
> >This is really true. But a mild caveat emptor, "buyer beware": a Mac is
>not a panacea. It is still a computer and needs a certain amount of
>know-how and maintenance. <
You're correct in every respect - adding devices and installing 3rd party
software are often the issue with Macs. Prior to OSX, extension conflicts
often were a cause of many problems.
You'll all love this - after I sent my message to Mel about how rock solid
Macs are, my sweet little tangerine iMac died! It's in the computer
hospital right now waiting diagnosis I think the internal power supply gave
up (some signs pointed to this). I was going to tackle the problem myself
(I've done other installations), but not being certain this was the exact
reason, I'm leaving it to the experts.
You'll love this also - I'm working on a borrowed PC notebook. Took me a
while to install necessary stuff to get online, but finally got this thing
working.
Missing my Mac, Bill
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