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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
by 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 agoAha, 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.)