Dave you know my woes i had with windows and during that time I never ever concidered a mac cause I used to use them in the medical fields I worked in and I hated them. It wasn't till katie would bring hers over and I could get right on it and do what I needed without ever even seen OS X, made it pretty easy to linux to the curb, I wont even mention the windows part lol.
We'll find out, my stepdad brought a mac g3 home one time and its in moms basememnt so next time I go out there I will set it up 4 her and load OS X and see how long it takes her to be comfy on it, I bet less than a day. " If you're capable of installing an OS - any OS - you're capable of using a computer safely if you want to." I wouldn't say that, after all you can insert OS X or XP and maybe select a few options (like time and time zone and alt language support) and you are done. My 90 yr old granpa did it without help, the time was wrong but everything else was fine :) But yet his puter is always filled with spyware....... You'd rock on a mac Dave, you should try one for a day! You won't go back......... ---------------------------------------- From: Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 11:06 PM To: CF-Talk <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Any Free/Low cost anti-spam/anti-virus software? > I don't know about that Dave, the only real getting used to a > mac is the buttons on the top left instead of top right. > Installing cfm was a pita but the average user wont be doing > that, other than that is not to much different (on a mac > anyways), Linux was 10X as hard to get used to but OS X was a > snap. For the "average" user like my mom, I would dare to say > it's easier to learn mac then pc. It certainly might be easier to learn OS X than to learn Windows. However, if you already know Windows, it's harder to learn OS X than to continue using what you already know. I suspect that for most people who simply use their computers to run productivity applications and the like, there is probably more of a learning curve when switching operating systems than there is for people like us. > if that was true we wouldnt have all these problems on pc > because no one would fall for them and they wouldn't matter. Who are "we"? I know lots of people who don't have these problems. Some of these people are hardly computer-savvy, either. > installing OS X was quite a bit easier than xp and xp isn't > hard. Not to mention updating is a snap with OS X and doesnt > crash your system when you do it and you don't have to do it > every other damn day to keep up. If you're capable of installing an OS - any OS - you're capable of using a computer safely if you want to. Most people would find the latter much easier than the former. I know plenty of people who wouldn't know where to start with installing an OS, but who are capable of using their computers safely. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:204220 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
