[Rhodes22-list] Another Computer Question

[Ronald Lipton]

Slim,

   relax, ignore Bill (on this item only) and get a ibook. Apple 
"airport" is the
same as standard wireless, but it came out first.  You can get all the 
programs \
you need for the mac, not only the standard business stuff, but there 
are lots
of open source programs like open office and gimp which were originally 
written
for unix systems and work fine on the Mac.  No reason to line Bill 
Gate's pockets
more than you have to.

Ron
On Sep 10, 2005, at 10:06 PM, Slim wrote:

> Bill,
>
> Dissin' the Mac, eh?  Listen mister, you wouldn't know what a "window" 
> was
> if it weren't for Steve Jobs.  The architecture of the circuitry is
> superior, period.  As for the market, great!  That's why we don't even 
> run
> any anti-virus software.  Shhhhhhh...don't tell anyone!
>
> But seriously, I'm not opposed to picking up a "junker" pc to do only 
> what
> it needs to do--that is, internet connection, e-mail, the usual--and 
> leave
> the heavy lifting to the Mac.  In my case that's iTunes and the iPod.  
> That
> would be God the Father and God the Son!
>
> Slim
>
> On 9/10/05 9:11 PM, "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>
>> Slim,
>>
>> I know Brad knows about this because he's all over all the time.
>>
>> I got a laptop to download pictures into when I'm traveling.  If that
>> was all it did, it would have been worth it to me.  I have been amazed
>> at how much I have used it, and basically I can't travel almost 
>> anywhere
>> without it any more.
>>
>> It now lives on the boat during the summer when I'm not using it for
>> something else.  Next summer I plan to set up wireless instruments, 
>> and
>> a computer controlled auto pilot.  The smallest computer is 1000 times
>> more powerful than the biggest hand held GPS, and costs a fraction of
>> the dedicated instrument systems.
>>
>> I got a PC because 20 PCs are sold for each Apple.  That means that 
>> most
>> of the significant new programs are now available first for the PC, 
>> and
>> later, if at all, for the Apple.  The Apple people never find out what
>> they can't get, and the PC people no longer have the time to try to
>> explain it to them.
>>
>> For you that would mean learning a whole bunch of new small words.
>>
>> Mark has been happy with the Verizon cell phone carrier wireless
>> Internet System.  They just dropped their price by 25% in my area, 
>> and I
>> may pick it up, and drop some of the other services I have.
>>
>> I really like being able to get on the net wherever I am without 
>> having
>> to plug into anything I didn't bring with me.  I find I use it all the
>> time, even though it's slower than other things I can go out and buy.
>>
>> I'm sure you'll hear more from others.
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>> Slim wrote:
>>
>>> I have a question too.  (Slim raising his hand.)
>>>
>>> I expect to be traveling more in the near future and I figger I 
>>> oughtta get
>>> me one of them there whachacall laptops.  First of all, I'm strictly 
>>> a Mac
>>> guy.  But I don't know anything about Wi Fi or whatever it's called. 
>>>  Or Air
>>> Port.  Or is it easier to just plug in somewhere.
>>>
>>> Can somebody explain this to me using small words?  What are my
>>> options/limitations, costs, etc.?
>>>
>>> Slim
>>>
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