Definately, heaven forbid she learns to use email well and some well intentioned idiot sends her a link to a malware site taking her system down. The slight if at all aggravation of the teacher having to learn mac os a little would be easily offset by the coming problems she could face. But then I also understand the issue of cost, I couldn't bring myself to buy a mac either, but then I don't have any problems on my xp/vista boxes anyway.
Mike On 9/30/07, Mason Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This would all be easier, not for you, but for her, on a Mac. > > Mason > > Sent from my iPhone via SiteWelder > > On Sep 30, 2007, at 7:14 PM, Sue Cubic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At 12:18 PM 09/30/2007 -0500, Tom Piwowar wrote > > > > > >> I don't think ignorance is an acceptable defense. What if her > >> doctor did > >> not prescribe an important new treatment because keeping up with > >> medical > >> advances was too much trouble? You have a fiduciary responsibility to > >> make the best selection for her, not for you. > > > > If I did not push her into this, she would not do it at all. I > > foresee a very lot of hand-holding. Better that than her spending > > $1200 and never using it at all. > > > > > >> Instead of taking upon yourself the responsibility to "sort out the > >> messes" why not get a computer that won't have the messes? You can > >> then > >> direct your efforts to the real challenge: teaching her how to use > >> the > >> computer. > > > > I wouldn't know how. Nor do I want to spend the necessary hours on > > her machine to figure it out. > > > > > >> >Considering all of this, I think she'd be safest with a cable > >> connection > >> behind a firewall > >> > >> Depends on what is more reliable in her area. I think DSL is > >> usually more > >> reliable. > > > > Not in this area. We're all too far from the phone co to get DSL, > > but we all have cable available. > > > > > >> >all desktop icons hidden except for a word processor, "My > >> Documents", Firefox > >> and a > >> >stand-alone email icon. > >> > >> What does she need a word processor for? > > > > Because she likes to write. She has occasionally written articles > > and submitted them for publication. She has always written in > > longhand and had someone else type them for her. > > > > > >> What does she need an email > >> program for? > > > > Because she will understand that better. I don't want to have her > > launching a whole bunch of stuff at once. Her grown kids and grands > > are far away, and she will want to receive photos. I want a mail > > program that will detach the photos and file them, so at least I can > > find them. > > > >> Keep it simple. Set her up with Gmail. If she must print out > >> a letter she can type it in Gmail and print from there. I would > >> have the > >> computer automatically launch FireFox and make the home page Gmail. > >> Put > >> some icons at the bookmarks toolbar for the other things she needs. > >> Keep > >> it simple. > > > > That's what I plan to do. Manually launch a browser with a blank > > page and teach her to use bookmarks. And not confuse it with her > > email. > > > > With a very basic understanding of how it really works, she just > > might progress. By setting up "magic" in the beginning, she has no > > hope of learning. I deal with too many people like that all the time. > > > > Sue > > > > > > *** > > ********************************************************************* > > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in > > <== > > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <== > > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L > > YourNewAddress > > * Need more help? 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