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I would bet he has pretty good tech support. :) Some people in that age range seem to catch on fairly quickly... some do not. It could be...
They hated them both... but I do not think they really understood the idea that it was running from the CD and that was the slow...
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 17:28:48 -0700, Snit The greatest drawback with Live CDs is that they naturally are running off the CD, and uncompressing software on the fly, and it's best to have a...
How long have you been working with computers? You sound like you would be a joy to have in one of my clbuttes, though you likely are well past the novice stage.
One of the things ease-of-use and consistency gives users of *any* age is the ability to get more done and not have the technology get in the way. Let me give you an example:
I had a client who was 93 (I think) years old. She has horrible arthritis and had never used a mouse before. Still, she wanted to learn to use a computer to finish a novel. Her younger 87 year old sister was used to Windows. She wanted me to get the older sister a windows machine. The older sister and I, after discussing the pros and cons, opted for an iMac, one of the older "lamp" style ones. This was great for her for even with her almost unusable hands and poor mobility (she was in a wheel chair) she was able to move the monitor as she wished.
What makes you think I do not? I do... if you check out the source to my posts...
I had hoped she would be able to use the one-button mouse, but she was not... so I got her a track ball and set all the buttons to act like the single button. That worked, though I still got her some freeware to make it easier to get to the programs she used most often without using the trackball.
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:11:45 -0700, Snit Not needed all that often really. He's not really...
She ended up doing well with it, but she had one complaint...
Her younger sister was now spending about 8 hours a day at her house playing on the computer. Even though the younger sister was dead set against getting a Mac (she had heard all sorts of horrid things about them) once she sat down at one to play with for a bit a whole new world opened up to her. She started ripping and burning CD's, set up an Internet connection by herself, and was even experimenting with making movies. A whole new world had opened up to her... a world she would likely had never found if she had stuck with Windows. The ease of use and consistency of the Mac made a world of difference for her.
While this example is a particularly good one - involving both a novice and an experienced user of another system - it is not that atypical. Often when people move from Windows to Mac they find they can do more and have fewer problems.
This may be the case for some distros of Linux. I hope it is. Many of the people I work with would benefit greatly from that and I would love to be able to advocate both Linux and Mac as appropriate.
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