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Good ideas here...
On 07/11/2011 6:59 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In articledbudnSGHHbg9VyrTnZ2dnUVZ_tKdnZ2d@earthlink .com, dump-on- says... On 11/6/11 9:50 PM, wrote: On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:45:41 -0700, wrote: Actually, do your family computer guy a favor and skip this. If I charges my relatives for this it would be cheaper for me to buy them a new one, then join the party having fun. If the user has messed it up with too much garbage, hit the recovery button after backing up your data. Or buy a new one from Cosco for $499 that will probably be 10 times faster to start with. If that is your recommendation why not just tell them to format their C drive and reload the operating system from the start up disk.? If they are just starting from zero, why not do it for free? What you pay for is transferring all of the stuff you have stored and getting the machine configured the way you like it. Ahhh, the delights of an Apple computer...which makes the backup, restore and setting up a new computer with your old stuff as easy as...apple pi (yes, I know.) Gee, I've never had a problem doing that with windows. I will give harryk this, recovering MS-Windows is a bitch and 1/2 the systems don't work and Macs are superior in restore and recovery. Recovery yes, restore not so good. Getting a factory image back does work in MS-Windows, but after that you hope you have baked up your data and have copies of your apps somewhere. Big problem I have with Apple is for what you get, poor value. Better for some things, but not 5x the price better. And they are not without their problems. -- The reason government can't fix the economic problems is government is the problem. |
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Good ideas here...
On 11/7/11 6:46 PM, Canuck57 wrote:
On 07/11/2011 6:59 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In articledbudnSGHHbg9VyrTnZ2dnUVZ_tKdnZ2d@earthlink .com, dump-on- says... On 11/6/11 9:50 PM, wrote: On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:45:41 -0700, wrote: Actually, do your family computer guy a favor and skip this. If I charges my relatives for this it would be cheaper for me to buy them a new one, then join the party having fun. If the user has messed it up with too much garbage, hit the recovery button after backing up your data. Or buy a new one from Cosco for $499 that will probably be 10 times faster to start with. If that is your recommendation why not just tell them to format their C drive and reload the operating system from the start up disk.? If they are just starting from zero, why not do it for free? What you pay for is transferring all of the stuff you have stored and getting the machine configured the way you like it. Ahhh, the delights of an Apple computer...which makes the backup, restore and setting up a new computer with your old stuff as easy as...apple pi (yes, I know.) Gee, I've never had a problem doing that with windows. I will give harryk this, recovering MS-Windows is a bitch and 1/2 the systems don't work and Macs are superior in restore and recovery. Recovery yes, restore not so good. Getting a factory image back does work in MS-Windows, but after that you hope you have baked up your data and have copies of your apps somewhere. Big problem I have with Apple is for what you get, poor value. Better for some things, but not 5x the price better. And they are not without their problems. There's no question that Apple charges more, in some cases a lot more, for some of its hardware. On the other hand, the integration of hardware with the Apple OS is far superior than anything on the Windows side, which is understandable, since Microsoft isn't in the personal computer hardware business. I like Mac's tech support, too. The few times I've needed it, I was able to get into immediate touch with competent personnel who spoke proper English with American or British accents. There no longer are any applications for which *I'd* need Windows instead of identical or similar apps that run under Apple Snow Tiger or Lion. Backup, recovery and restore is a no-braining on a Mac. It's hit or miss under Windows. |
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In article , dump-on-
says... On 11/7/11 6:46 PM, Canuck57 wrote: On 07/11/2011 6:59 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In articledbudnSGHHbg9VyrTnZ2dnUVZ_tKdnZ2d@earthlink .com, dump-on- says... On 11/6/11 9:50 PM, wrote: On Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:45:41 -0700, wrote: Actually, do your family computer guy a favor and skip this. If I charges my relatives for this it would be cheaper for me to buy them a new one, then join the party having fun. If the user has messed it up with too much garbage, hit the recovery button after backing up your data. Or buy a new one from Cosco for $499 that will probably be 10 times faster to start with. If that is your recommendation why not just tell them to format their C drive and reload the operating system from the start up disk.? If they are just starting from zero, why not do it for free? What you pay for is transferring all of the stuff you have stored and getting the machine configured the way you like it. Ahhh, the delights of an Apple computer...which makes the backup, restore and setting up a new computer with your old stuff as easy as...apple pi (yes, I know.) Gee, I've never had a problem doing that with windows. I will give harryk this, recovering MS-Windows is a bitch and 1/2 the systems don't work and Macs are superior in restore and recovery. Recovery yes, restore not so good. Getting a factory image back does work in MS-Windows, but after that you hope you have baked up your data and have copies of your apps somewhere. Big problem I have with Apple is for what you get, poor value. Better for some things, but not 5x the price better. And they are not without their problems. There's no question that Apple charges more, in some cases a lot more, for some of its hardware. On the other hand, the integration of hardware with the Apple OS is far superior than anything on the Windows side, which is understandable, since Microsoft isn't in the personal computer hardware business. I like Mac's tech support, too. The few times I've needed it, I was able to get into immediate touch with competent personnel who spoke proper English with American or British accents. There no longer are any applications for which *I'd* need Windows instead of identical or similar apps that run under Apple Snow Tiger or Lion. Backup, recovery and restore is a no-braining on a Mac. It's hit or miss under Windows. That's odd, I have no problems doing those things in Windows. And, I'll never, ever hook up another Apple product to my computer. The next thing you know, they are running your computer for you, every time you go to do something with your ipod for example, the Apple Store tries to sell you something. |
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