#2 if you include crappy dialup.
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From: mike [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 3:46:38 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] [Fwd: XP Gets Life Extension]
I could hear music playing, little apple flags waving...rows and rows
At 02:39 PM 09/29/2007 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote
This is an application where Windows is inappropriate. She needs a
computer to use, not a computer that provides endless opportunities for
tinkering. Get her a computer that is attractive, easy to use, that works
right out of the box and is not
And you're going to be right there with her to teach her to use this? Or
maybe kick in the extra $500 over the cost of a PC?
The price of crappy PCs has crept up as companies like Dell have found
that they can't be profitable at their former prices. And I was not
suggesting you get the
Of course. Have the backup job write to an external drive or just manually
burn a CD or DVD once per week/month.
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But don't you really need to back up to a separate device or drive, in
case
the entire hard drive becomes corrupted, etc.?
At 12:18 PM 09/30/2007 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote
I don't think ignorance is an acceptable defense. What if her doctor did
not prescribe an important new treatment because keeping up with medical
advances was too much trouble? You have a fiduciary responsibility to
make the best selection for
This would all be easier, not for you, but for her, on a Mac.
Mason
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On Sep 30, 2007, at 7:14 PM, Sue Cubic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 12:18 PM 09/30/2007 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote
I don't think ignorance is an acceptable defense. What if her
doctor did
You can't confuse her with email/browser if she's never done it. If she
does it from the start it would be simplier, less to mess with. It would
also save time if her computer ever goes down, all her stuff is online and
you wouldn't have to explain to her how it's all gone or how to back up.
and probably easier for you too since you wouldn't be there pushing
her and hand-holding..
Maybe you would both have time to get a new hobby. g
cb
On Sep 30, 2007, at 7:43 PM, Mason Miller wrote:
This would all be easier, not for you, but for her, on a Mac.
Mason
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Definately, heaven forbid she learns to use email well and some well
intentioned idiot sends her a link to a malware site taking her system
down. The slight if at all aggravation of the teacher having to learn mac
os a little would be easily offset by the coming problems she could face.
But then
This lady might benefit from a resource like SeniorNet. She might
find a peer group. She'll learn things, maybe completely new things
that will develop new interests for her to pursue.
Who knows.. soon after Sue gets the PC set up the lady may go online,
order a Mac, pull it out of the
OK, here's what I need to know. A friend of mine has yet to enter the
computer age. She is in her early 70's, and is beginning to have some
physical problems that limit her social life. I really want to try and get
her into a computer soon.
Do I push her a little faster, or do I just make
Yep, right on! - automated backup - why not?!
Randall
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From: Paul Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] [Fwd: XP Gets Life Extension]
As much as I like my macmini, computers
At 02:41 PM 09/28/2007 -0400, b_s-wilk wrote
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Subject:XP Gets Life Extension
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:18:06 -0400
Customer demand has forced Microsoft to extend the shelf life of Windows
XP by five months. Microsoft was scheduled to stop selling the
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