s get #2 if you include crappy dialup.
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
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
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 box
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 I
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.
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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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.
With
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
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 her
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.?
But don't you really need to back up to a separate device or drive, in case
the entire hard drive becomes corrupted, etc.?
Randall
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From: "Jeff Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [CGUY
>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 cheap
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 pr
Vista has automated backups. I don't use it because I don't like how it
chooses the files to back up (file type based rather than folder based), but
it's there.
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> Yep, right on! - automated backup - why not?!
Yep, right on! - automated backup - why not?!
Randall
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From: "Paul Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] [Fwd: XP Gets Life Extension]
As much as I like my macmini, computers won't
I could hear music playing, little apple flags waving...rows and rows of
imacs standing at attention.
Mike
On 9/29/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Getting her
> a Windows computer would be a triumph of ideology over good sense (leave
> that to the politicians). An iMac 20" would be
>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 mak
If she hasn't entered the computer at all vista or xp makes no difference.
On that note, buy her a mac! Perfect person for a nice mac mini and a good
LCD.
Mike
On 9/28/07, Sue Cubic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> At 02:41 PM 09/28/2007 -0400, b_s-wilk wrote
> > Original Message ---
At 02:41 PM 09/28/2007 -0400, b_s-wilk wrote
Original Message
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
s
Original Message
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
six-year-old operating system on 30 January 200
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