07-16-2013, 01:55 AM
The last few years I have solved the problem by donating my last two MBPs to my kids, in lieu of a cash present for a birthday, or Christmas (did that with my Umax J700, too, which No. 1 son took to college).
But I'm not letting go of my antique Macs: SEs, IIcx, IIf, Blue G3 (still in use, occasionally). Fortunately my wife will be happy if I just clean the piles of paper (residue from two closed businesses and various avocations) out of my office area; she doesn't know from computers; just clutter.
Right now I'm missing my 27" iMac, which is at the Apple Store getting a new screen; it might take all week! I hooked up my 13" MBP to my 20" Dell monitor, but I'm learning not to take the iMac's horsepower for granted (i7 vs. Core2Duo, 16GB RAM vs. 4GB); trying to do the same things is getting me beachballs on the MBP.
BTW, over at the Natick Mall, where the Apple Store is, I passed by a new Microsoft Store. It has a more prominent facade than the Apple Store, and is bigger, but there was no one in it except staff. The Apple Store was, as usual, crowded, even at 10 AM on a Monday.
We complain about all the glued-together hardware, but it sure is pretty stuff.
/Mr Lynn
But I'm not letting go of my antique Macs: SEs, IIcx, IIf, Blue G3 (still in use, occasionally). Fortunately my wife will be happy if I just clean the piles of paper (residue from two closed businesses and various avocations) out of my office area; she doesn't know from computers; just clutter.
Right now I'm missing my 27" iMac, which is at the Apple Store getting a new screen; it might take all week! I hooked up my 13" MBP to my 20" Dell monitor, but I'm learning not to take the iMac's horsepower for granted (i7 vs. Core2Duo, 16GB RAM vs. 4GB); trying to do the same things is getting me beachballs on the MBP.
BTW, over at the Natick Mall, where the Apple Store is, I passed by a new Microsoft Store. It has a more prominent facade than the Apple Store, and is bigger, but there was no one in it except staff. The Apple Store was, as usual, crowded, even at 10 AM on a Monday.
We complain about all the glued-together hardware, but it sure is pretty stuff.
/Mr Lynn