[TriLUG] Advice on an ultra-light notebook

[Greg Brown]

Ah yes, and I switched them not so they would somehow become magically
"cooler" as Mr. Jobs would have probably preferred rather so that the Family
Help Desk calls to Son/Uncle/Husband Greg would greatly reduce - and they
did!  Sure, I still get the occasional IT question; recently my sister ran
into a wicked file permission error moving locked files between her work Mac
(her hospital switched too, but I can't take credit for that) and her home
Mac.  We still solved the problem but at least this wasn't what the
questions used to be - things about popup windows, viruses, corrupted files,
lost files, "where DID that command go/what command do you use to x, y or
z", my computer BSOD on me, etc, etc, etc.

Anyway, I have to honestly say my family is much happier with their
computing experiences now that they use Macs.

"I just works"*

* almost all the time

Greg

On Jan 16, 2008 2:52 PM, Matt Pusateri <mpusateri at wickedtrails.com> wrote:

> Greg is right, initially there may be some cajoling or mocking(but
> probably not more than they already give you), but eventually they'll
> thank you whole heartedly.
>
> Matt P.
>
> Greg Brown wrote:
> > No, you will convert them on by one.  My entire family (sister, brother
> in
> > law, nieces, nephews, parents and wife) are have switched.  I did back
> in
> > the early OS X days because, well, of OS X.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > On Jan 16, 2008 2:18 PM, Andrew Perrin <clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Hmmm - will I ever live it down w/ my family if I buy an Apple?.... but
> it
> >> sure does look nice.
> >>
> >> Andy
> >>
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu -
> >> http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
> >> Associate Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
> >> University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, David McDowell wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Welcome to the world of Apple, it's the 3 lb MacBook Air!
> >>>
> >>> http://www.apple.com/macbookair/
> >>>
> >>> enjoy,
> >>> David
> >>>
> >>> On Jan 16, 2008 1:46 PM, Andrew Perrin <clists at perrin.socsci.unc.edu>
> >>>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>> It's getting to be time to replace my laptop, which is currently a
> >>>>
> >> Sharp
> >>
> >>>> Actius PC-MM10. I like it a lot - particularly its extremely light
> >>>>
> >> weight
> >>
> >>>> and ease of carrying. However, battery life is poor.  Any advice? I
> >>>>
> >> need
> >>
> >>>> it to run linux competently and preferably have built-in both
> ethernet
> >>>>
> >> and
> >>
> >>>> wi-fi. Built-in bluetooth would be a plus, but not an important one.
> >>>>
> >> Very
> >>
> >>>> light and good battery life are the most important.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Andy
> >>>>
> >>>>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu -
> >>>>
> >> http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
> >>
> >>>> Associate Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
> >>>> University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210
> USA
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
>
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