On Tuesday 04 March 2008 22:56, TREE MARCELYNAS wrote: > I LOVE YOU !!!! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ADVICE. [snip] > TREE ETHINGTON WILL NOW WRITE REAL LETTERS AND > PRINT THEM ON HER BRAND SPANKING NEW CANON MP470, WHHOOOOEEEE. MY NEXT > RESEARCH IS AIMED AT DECIDING IF I SHOULD GET RID OF THIS LAP TOP AND GET > AN IMAC, OR IF I SHOULD TAKE ALL THAT MONEY AND ASK A LOCAL YOKEL TO USE > REBUILT AND UPGRADED STUFF AND CREATE ME A SUPER FAST NICE ONE, OR LASTLY > IF THERE IS A PC THAT HAS IT ALL, AND SPEED. WANT TO COMMENT??? I
I'm so glad that you are enjoying your computer. As one elderly lady to another, welcome to freedom! But may I make some suggestions? You don't say what kind of mess you get yourself into, that needs sorting out every two months, but by the standards over here $350 is an awful lot of money. If the "mess" is viruses, then yes, an iMac would avoid the problem to a large extent. But it is not the only solution. And it is quite an expensive one. Linux is another almost virus-free environment. You could get a geek to install it for you. (I charge my clients $100 for doing just that, including supplying on CD all the software I have used in the installation.) And Walmart is now doing a computer running Linux for a much lower price than you would pay for the iMac. But you sound adventurous. If you fancy this idea or would simply like to know more about it, or if you just want to discuss something geek related, feel free to contact me either on or off-list. Lisi > > Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:14:40 -0500 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [users] [moderated] > > > > Teresa Ethington wrote: > > > Hello, i am not sure if this is the proper way to seek HELP. But > > > help. I am a totally newbie to all this computer stuff. I am an old > > > lady who decided to JUMP into the computer age. I even have plans to > > > get a cell phone some day, really, I am that far from current. I just > > > want to find a nice word processing thing (application?). I have Vista > > > and I have maxed out the memory on my laptop so I am told that I should > > > be able to load anything I wish. I read and read all this but I am > > > just not sure where to start? Do I load the Java bridge stuff first, > > > do i even need it. I just use mozilla and internet explorer but I > > > would like to be able to type and print regular old letters to my > > > friends. Can someone please help, I would be very very grateful. > > > > OpenOffice is an excellent office suite comparable to and compatible > > with Microsoft Office. You can download the latest Windows version of > > OpenOffice from www.openoffice.org. You can install the version that > > includes Java. With OpenOffice, you will be able to create the letters > > you wish. In addition to printing them on paper, you can also email > > them documents. Just go to www.openoffice.org, click on the link in the > > green box and follow the directions to download the file. After the > > download is completed, you'll have to double click on that file, to > > start the installation process. > > > > Hopefully, this helps and you can always ask for more advise here. > > > > > > -- > > Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
