From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2016121322562550480-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > I've used several. These things have steep learning curves. It's just not   
   > fun to switch   
      
   That's often the way it is with change, particularly if someone else is   
   involved in changing something...but I'm used to it...not used to liking it   
   but I manage to get by.   
      
   > I don't know anything about maintaining WIndows machine.  It'd be starting   
   > over.   
      
   It's not much different than learning a new song ;)   
      
   > I paid the cost of a checkup ( $100 ) and got the heck out of there with   
   > nothing at all done to the car.   
      
   That's plain old STEALING!!!   
   There really should be a law against it!!!   
      
   > They could have at least flased the ECI. That only costs $90, and was all   
   > the car really needed.  But instead they charged me $100 minimum service   
   > fee for diagnosing the problem  ... and then offering to replace a $700   
   > part, and its wiring harness, when it only needed cleaned.   
      
   There's something Seriously Wrong with ANY semblance of a 'justice system'   
   that Allows such THEFT!!!   
      
   > they wouldn't have the power to tow a trailer :-)   
      
   They could if it's the  right kind, very light and strong, and   
   aerodynamic...sort of something that actually looks like a sort of extension   
   of the car, which after all it  would  be.   
      
   > The only place you'll feel Global Warming is in the wallet. It's simply,   
   > and only, a scheme to deindustrialize the West and cripple our industry.   
      
   Personally, as someone who HATES Freezing, I WANT 'global warming' and I'll   
   do my part to help bring it about...now how do I go about making more   
   SUNSPOTS? ;)   
      
   > There's about 3 or 4 inches outside now ... came down this afternoon.   
      
   Yeah, we've gotten a couple more, and right now, it's like 10 degrees   
   F...and we're not even half way through December, with January and February   
   yet to endure...WINTER SUCKS!!! I WAN GLOBAL WARMING AND I WANT IT RIGHT   
   ***NOW***!!!   
      
   > Yep. At least I can carry stuff in a big old truck.   
      
   That's the idea!   
      
   > There is. But they are different. Learning time .... cost to switch ....   
   > massive time to move my songs over ...... not worth it.  We were looking   
   > at the cost ofa new MacBook Pro today.  Gonna set me back about $2k.   
   > Guess it's time to start looking down under the pillows on the couch, and   
   > under the cushions, see how much I can scroung up in loose change .....   
   > ha.   
      
   The right way to do it is to phase it in, while you're still using the other   
   system rather than abandoning it, or having it abandon you, and then be   
   Forced to go with the new system all at once.   
      
   > Oh, Apple sent an OS update today. It included and EFI update, and that   
   > seems to have fixed a graphics bootup glitch they introduced with the   
   > previous OS update.  Ah, progress.   
      
   Should buy you some time to change over more gradually.   
      
   > I don't hate Apple.  I just don't actually like the company much.   That's   
   > a fine distinction, I realize :-)   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   PCs are popular for One and ONLY ONE reason...they can be built from parts,   
   at least the desktop ones, and crApples cannot.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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