Of course I run Linux (Ubuntu 10.04) and don't have problems with viruses either. I do have a Windows 7 machine and this afternoon when I booted it up it once again wanted to know if I wanted to install new "Catalyst" program from ATI. Okay, I let it and about 10 minutes later I got the machine back for use. Why the hell it takes 10 minutes to install their software is beyond me. Bad engineering. It didn't take that long to download. I hate some dweeb's idea at Microsoft that "Libraries" would be a cool thing. Unlike with XP I have to make a mental note of where a program puts a file.
Linux isn't quit as geeky as people would like to believe and I keep finding geeky quirks creeping into Windows. Basically you are running something akin to Linux on a Mac: BSD. The main problem with Linux is that vendors are afraid to put codecs and programs that need copy protection on it. So in the meantime free open source software that gets developed replaces those programs anyway. On 05/06/2012 06:40 PM, Emily Reyn wrote: > Yep, my daughters are Mac-enthusiasts - due to the schools. I bought a Mac > laptop when I got laid off and it works without viruses (yet), which is why I > bought it as my younger daughter took down the home PC over and over again, > despite all the anti-virus software. I had to give the Dell back, but all > the companies I worked for are all PC. I finally bought the younger daughter > a laptop (refurbished) which has done nothing but work fabulously and they > have covered replacement of just about all of it as she has physically > trashed it multiple times (new screen, new keyboard, new CD drive.) Nothing > but good customer service. The older daughter bought another one to go to > college - works without an issue. The key word here is "works" without > significant problems. I am a dweeb so I just need it to work. Yes, the kids > have ipods, but I have refused to buy iphones and won't. > > If parents refuse to pay, which ours did, the kids may start to make > different choices when they "launch." We've been too easy on them, in many > cases. Their expectations for their standard of living is comparatively > higher than mine ever was. But, "we" successfully turned the tide on the > phrase "children should be seen and not heard." I wasn't "seen or heard." > My children don't suffer from either of those issues - so we argue, I mean > negotiate :) > > > ________________________________ > From: Bhairitu<noozg...@sbcglobal.net> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, May 6, 2012 11:39 AM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Best app I've ever seen (was Re: Who's to blame?) > > > > On 05/06/2012 10:18 AM, Susan wrote: >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb<no_reply@...> wrote: >>> Speaking of "digital introspection," and the future of >>> considering ones digital landscape more real than the >>> real landscape, here's a BBC video about an Android app >>> that allows you to combine the two. >>> >>> A national museum in the UK has enabled its visitors to >>> get a personal tour of several of the exhibits, narrated >>> by a 3D version of a famous British science presenter: >>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9718563.stm >>> >>> When the teachers start to lose kids to their smartphones, >>> the smart teachers develop apps for the smartphones. :-) >> Where I live, kids can brings phones to school, but must turn them off >> except at lunch. STarting next year, all students from grade 5 up will be >> given iPads. I thin this is the beginning of major changes at schools. WE >> already have Smart Boards, but this is the next step. > That's what Apple does with all the money they have is get students (and > teachers) hooked on Apple product which are more costly than other > machines with the same components and that gives them addicted customers > and even more money. They've been doing this since the 1980s (when I > had to help some local area teachers with their Apple II computers in > the classrooms). > > Now if Microsoft or Google did this there would be all kinds of howling > but they only make the OS not machines and Google Android OS is free. > > >
