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On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Garth <garth...@gmail.com> wrote: > A 27" iMac with 5K Retina Display, max out the ram, up the processor and > graphics card if needed :) > > > It'll cost about the same as a custom Riv frame , won't last as long, but > really so what ? Life is worth living, not worth saving ;) > > > > > > On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 5:05:25 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> My 17" MacBook Pro is getting on for 5 years old. It's a trooper but I am >> wondering about eventual replacement once this one reaches the point where >> it can't work well with the latest Word or Mac OS and ditto Illustrator. >> >> I am pretty sure that, soon, I'll no longer need a portable computer for >> work, so a laptop won't be necessary. The principal considerations will be: >> >> 1. Can handle the latest Mac version of Word. (I would like to bury Word >> and piss on its grave, but my work requires Word and only Word. Open Office >> don't cut it.) >> >> 2. Can accept if it doesn't come stock with 4 GB of Ram. >> >> 3. Costs as little as possible. >> >> I had a very satisfactory Mac Mini (Thanks, Ryan) but gave it away to a >> friend; it also was 2010. Is the Mini a good candidate? >> >> 4. Available used if possible. >> >> I think my optimum desideratum would be a used -- what, late model Mini? >> (Something stationary) with an iPad or clone to replace laptop and Fire. >> >> Whatch'all think? >> >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> >> ************************************* >> *[I]n exploring the physical universe man has made no attempt to explore >> himself. Much of what goes by the name of pleasure is simply an effort to >> destroy consciousness. If one started by asking, what is man? what are his >> needs? how can he best express himself? one would discover that merely >> having the power to avoid work and live one’s life from birth to death in >> electric light and to the tune of tinned music is not a reason for doing >> so.”* >> * >> -- George Orwell, Pleasure Spots* >> >> *Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not >> money, I am become as a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I >> have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; >> and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not >> money, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and >> though I give my body to be burned, and have not money, it profiteth me >> nothing. Money suffereth long, and it is kind; money envieth not; money >> vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave unseemly, seeketh >> not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in >> iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, hopeth all >> things, endureth all things. . . . And now abideth faith, hope, money, >> these three; but the greatest of these is money. * >> * >> -- George Orwell, Keep The Apidistra Flying* >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Randall Rupp rcr...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
