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Wait, doesn't the macbook cost the same amount of money for what he just went through? macbook $ = Articles $. Hmm. How much is your time worth....

potatolicious 18y ago
Regardless, even if the MacBook cost more, at least you don't have the do the following: - Install Norton, or any sort of anti-malware anti-spyware crap. A stock machine out of the box will work and be reasonably secure for the home user. - No need to image the HDD before giving the machine to the user... Because unless your grandma suddenly learned how to sudo, the odds of them crapping up their partition is really low. - No need to order instructional material on Amazon. Apple's website provides a large number of introductory videos that show a user how to use MacOS X. My mother still hasn't quite learned how to use a computer. My hope is to get her a Mac in the next year and maybe finally she can check her own email :)
- unalone 18y ago
  My mother still hasn't quite learned how to use a computer. My hope is to get her a Mac in the next year and maybe finally she can check her own email :) When I used Windows I never used Outlook. I didn't actually think other people ever used it. Even though it was built-in, I just assumed that Windows pre-installed software was roundly worthless. OS X does the opposite: they really place emphasis on their built-in programs. As a result, I tried every program they gave me, and found myself liking almost all of them. I don't think I could switch back from Mail to Gmail. Perhaps I'd have liked Outlook, too, but Microsoft didn't give me that same incentive to switch.
  - Jem 18y ago
    > When I used Windows I never used Outlook. I didn't actually think other people ever used it. Even though it was built-in, I just assumed that Windows pre-installed software was roundly worthless. You're confusing Outlook with Outlook Express. Outlook does not come with Windows, only with the Office suite. edit: although fwiw, outlook express is worse than worthless.
    - unalone 18y ago
      Aha, gotcha. So I guess I wasn't missing out on much? (In any event, I think now if I had a Windows machine I'd get Thunderbird, which never struck me as a useful idea last time around.)
unalone 18y ago
My time is worth a shitload, pardon my French. I will pay for things that prevent me from wasting time. In general that's the only thing I'll pay for.

potatolicious 18y ago

Regardless, even if the MacBook cost more, at least you don't have the do the following: - Install Norton, or any sort of anti-malware anti-spyware crap. A stock machine out of the box will work and be reasonably secure for the home user. - No need to image the HDD before giving the machine to the user... Because unless your grandma suddenly learned how to sudo, the odds of them crapping up their partition is really low. - No need to order instructional material on Amazon. Apple's website provides a large number of introductory videos that show a user how to use MacOS X. My mother still hasn't quite learned how to use a computer. My hope is to get her a Mac in the next year and maybe finally she can check her own email :)

unalone 18y ago
My mother still hasn't quite learned how to use a computer. My hope is to get her a Mac in the next year and maybe finally she can check her own email :) When I used Windows I never used Outlook. I didn't actually think other people ever used it. Even though it was built-in, I just assumed that Windows pre-installed software was roundly worthless. OS X does the opposite: they really place emphasis on their built-in programs. As a result, I tried every program they gave me, and found myself liking almost all of them. I don't think I could switch back from Mail to Gmail. Perhaps I'd have liked Outlook, too, but Microsoft didn't give me that same incentive to switch.
- Jem 18y ago
  > When I used Windows I never used Outlook. I didn't actually think other people ever used it. Even though it was built-in, I just assumed that Windows pre-installed software was roundly worthless. You're confusing Outlook with Outlook Express. Outlook does not come with Windows, only with the Office suite. edit: although fwiw, outlook express is worse than worthless.
  - unalone 18y ago
    Aha, gotcha. So I guess I wasn't missing out on much? (In any event, I think now if I had a Windows machine I'd get Thunderbird, which never struck me as a useful idea last time around.)

unalone 18y ago

My time is worth a shitload, pardon my French. I will pay for things that prevent me from wasting time. In general that's the only thing I'll pay for.