[Ipg-smz] Why I love Apple?

Fri Jan 18 20:41:46 UTC 2019

I think Chromebooks are great for anyone who uses a PC as an appliance to
do online activities. But it's not a PC for anyone looking for using a
'computer' to create works. My wife uses her home PC as an appliance and
she is happy with Chromebook flip. From my perspective, which could be
wrong, when I look at a PC, I look at a computing machine that can handle
any complex work I throw at it that need computation power. So with all due
respect, Chromebook are not there and we are missing the point. I can't
survive on a Chromebook for my workload. And MacBook costs same as a decent
Chromebook unless you are buying a sub-$500 Chromebook. I need more
powerful and capable 'computers' that can handle all latest workloads and
not underpowered web browsing machines. Sorry.

Swap

On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 3:24 PM Barbara Krasnoff <bkrasnoff at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Just to pick up quickly on something said at the beginning of this thread:
> Chromebooks are indeed a nice alternative for tech-nervous folks. My
> parents were comfortable with tech -- for a while, they'd simply inherit my
> computer when I'd get a new one. However, now that she's in her 90s, my mom
> is a little less flexible in what she can learn, and while she was
> perfectly comfortable with Windows until now, when her Windows laptop
> started to finally stutter, I knew she couldn't make the jump to the latest
> version. So I got her a Chromebook about six months ago, and she's been
> perfectly happy with it.
>
> Barbara
> --
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>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 2:44 PM Gabe Goldberg <gabe at gabegold.com> wrote:
>
>> Speaking of native vs. immigrant...
>>
>> On 1/17/2019 5:53 PM, Gabe Goldberg wrote:
>>
>> Are those of us who've for decades used and/or written about technology
>> digital immigrants? As was pointed out, our generation invented and
>> documented what's now foundational to everything new and shiny and
>> intriguing digital natives. More distinctions than age are needed -- you
>> blitzed through Wi-Fi setup which baffled the supposed native. Maybe there
>> are natives, pioneers/veterans, and immigrants?
>>
>> To echo again -- To echo Jason, I am amazed at how "civilians" can make
>> their computers work in any form of fashion in many cases. Feel embarrassed
>> that technology, and the major vendors, still make things so difficult. --
>> amen. Looking at most interfaces and meager or non-existent documentation,
>> I marvel that most people get anything working.
>>
>> Regarding documentation -- being old-school, I expect it. So I just
>> ranted to Samsung CEO about my new 49" TV:
>>
>>  included one-page cartoonish no-words setup instructions and a 21-page
>> “User Manual” most of which describes installation, setup, troubleshooting
>> and maintenance, specifications, and warranty information.
>>
>> Helpfully, it does note that the TV itself contains a real manual; I
>> downloaded that from website and paid FedEx Office too much to print it (in
>> color). It's 143 pages -- so without it, one never discovers/masters all
>> features. And who'll read that either on the set or on a screen?
>>
>> And (returning to this thread's actual Subject) -- Apple's just as bad,
>> skimping on documentation.
>> On 1/17/2019 3:01 PM, Mitch Wagner wrote:
>>
>> My introduction to the peculiarities of digital immigrants (our
>> generation) vs. digital natives (the young people) was 10+ years ago, in
>> two incidents.
>>
>> Our neighbors across the street had their granddaughter, then aged 14,
>> living with them for a few months while Mom dried out, and they asked for
>> my help setting up WiFi. Sure, I said, and configured their laptop and WiFi
>> router. A simple operation, took me about 15 minutes, and yet the
>> 14-year-old digital native was completely bamboozled by it.
>>
>> I also advised the grandddaughter that it was not a good idea to have
>> Facebook as her home page. Not if she wanted privacy from Grandma and
>> Grandpa.
>>
>> Second incident: At about the same time I joined Facebook myself, and one
>> night, troubled by insomnia, I was in my home office doing random browsing
>> through Facebook's "Suggested Friends" list. This was about 3 am. My niece,
>> then a college freshman and 17 years old, came up on the list. I gave it a
>> microsecond of thought, said "sure, why not?" and sent a friend request.
>>
>> This set off a MAJOR FAMILY CONTROVERSY. My niece went to her mother who
>> went to my wife. My niece was concerned I'd be spying on her and reporting
>> everything to her Mom.
>>
>> I said to my wife. "Weeeeeeeelllll if it's just college bullshit, of
>> course I wouldn't report it. If she said she got drunk last night and was
>> puking and was sooooo hung over, well, kids do that in college and I
>> wouldn't report that either. But if she says she met a 46-year-old man and
>> they're soooooo in love and getting married tomorrow, yeah, I'd be on the
>> phone to her mother so fast that it'd break the lightspeed barrier."
>>
>> P.S. I lost track of the neighbor after both grandparents passed away.
>> That family has had hard times and struggled with addiction; I hope the
>> mother and little girl are doing well. As for my niece, she's a doctor now
>> and runs a medical clinic in Baltimore!
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>>
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