On 11/22/13, 2:23 AM, Califbill wrote:
"F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 11/21/13, 8:37 PM, Califbill wrote:
"F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 11/21/13, 6:16 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:56:31 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
Or get an Apple and . .
... not own a computer, just an appliance.
I enjoy having computers that are as reliably solid as my refrigerator.
Apple is as reliable as any other computer. But most virus are written for
the 80% of the home PC market. Which is MS. Apple computer has lots of
problems in dealing with the present world. Can not open a lot of the
files you receive via email. So you have to either buy a lot of Apps. I
run Open Office on the iMac so I can look at and print .xls files. I do
have Pages, but when you are kicking out $7-40 for lots of apps on an
expensive machine anyway, it starts to hurt. No support for Flash, etc.
I have no problems opening files emailed to me. I have the Microsoft
Office Suite, which includes EXCEL...for .XLS files. I don't miss FLASH.
And how much extra did you pay on top of the high price for Apple to get it
to open the files? And Flash is ubiquitous to the web display.
The same amount extra, probably, any Windows user would have paid to
obtain the Microsoft Office suite. I haven't run across FLASH as an
integral and important part of a web site in a long time.
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