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Re: [LUG] Linux Training

 


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> On 15 Feb 2017, at 14:02, Eion MacDonald via list <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 14/02/2017 14:52, Neil via list wrote:
>>> On 14/02/17 13:13, Jaan JÃnesmÃe via list wrote:
>>> On 14 February 2017 at 14:20:41, Gordon Henderson via list
>>> (list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>) wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> LOL away, but if you want something that just works for the ordinary
>>>> user
>>>> then you can not better it. You also get what you pay for. My wife and
>>>> her
>>>> sister (both degree educated and very clever people in their own fields)
>>>> moved from Linux and Win respectively to Mac book pro's (and iPhones)
>>>> and
>>>> overnight all support issues just vanished. Even hardware wise, when
>>>> there
>>>> was a fault, it was fixed on the spot, or overnight in one case when it
>>>> needed a new display.
>>> 
>>> I can not agree more. I have been an almost full-time mac user now for 7
>>> years and to be honest, life is different.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> 
>>> Jaan JÃnesmÃe
>>> 
>>> 
>> Oh well, each to his own. I know that they work well, but the difference
>> in price is too much for me. Plus, you have to do everything their way,
>> even more so than Windows. I will never consider a mac.
>> 
>> Neil
>> 
> 
> WORLDS APART!!!
> The suggestion 'just get a Mac' is from a rarefied world of the non-poor
> and cash available culture.
> Sorry , this is one suggestion I cannot thole.
> I well understand Neil's comment.
> 
> I teach Windows OSs and Linux OSs in one of the most deprived areas in
> the UK. Changing folk to Linux on old  (pre 2002 circa machines) to keep
> them safe,  when their Windows OSs are not supported.
> These folk are mostly in 70s and 80s (one nearly 90) who cannot afford
> to 'get a Mac'. Indeed they mostly use computers to keep in touch with
> family and friends in distant places so no local family support, cannot
> afford new computers or indeed get them 'repaired'  at local computer shop.
> 
> Changing them to Linux to be safe on their existing machines is a
> delight and their use of email / and browsing safely thereafter ( as you
> see the very visible rewards, when they get in touch with old school
> friends)

ive a 2nd hand mac book (core 2duo, 4gb ) Â90 on ebay?  currently running debian

your argument is bias. 

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> Eion MacDonald
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