Michael, I’ve been pretty much exclusively using a Mac for over 20 years now after years of MS-DOS and Windows. I’ve switched a couple of friends from Windows to Mac (and iOS on iPads and iPhones). Mostly they found the Mac to be more nearly intuitive and “discoverable”, by which I mean that clicking around or using the built-in Help pages solved their problem. But they were willing to learn at least a bit of new ways of doing stuff. (And they found the folks over at the Apple Store could solve any problems that I couldn’t.) For someone who refuses to even make a slight effort to learn new things, I doubt that you will find any computer or OS that will make them happy. Maybe some sort of automated word-processing typewriter? (I’m thinking back to the old IBM Selectric MCST [MCST=Magnetic Card Selectric Typewriter. Back in the late 70’s the State of Tennessee had a fleet of them.] though there is possibly some newer iteration of the concept.)
Sorry to not have a better suggestion for you. Maybe a younger (70’s) boyfriend to renew her willingness to consider a bit of new learning? Charlie On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/nlug-talk/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > [image: > Google Groups Logo] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/nlug-talk/topics> > > - Apple / Mac / Mac clone better for computer haters? > <#m_6378530244491380867_group_thread_0> - 1 Update > > Apple / Mac / Mac clone better for computer haters? > <http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk/t/7d59a25f07a518a4?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Michael L <[email protected]>: Feb 17 03:44AM -0600 > > Hello NLUG, > I have an 82 year old computer hater that (rightfully) complained about > Microsoft Windows every day for 19 years; switched her to Kubuntu LTS when > Win7 ended, thankfully skipping Win10 and she's complained about Linux > almost every day since, even though it works much better than Windows, at > least in my book and I'm the end user engineer that has to listen to all > the complaining and make it work. She's not interested in learning; can't > explain anything to her; can't have one intelligent word, much less > intelligent conversation about the least thing relating to computers. > > I want to ask those of you who use Macs if maybe a $1300 iMac desktop would > work so absolutely perfectly that a computer hater would all of a sudden be > happy? Or if it wouldn't work absolutely perfectly, would it maybe work > hands down at least a little better than any Linux distro? > > I've been able to either promptly fix or promptly find a workaround for > every issue; that is if I'm asked. That's just not good enough; she > doesn't want to even ask; just wants it to work. Hardly ever is it an > issue of Linux not working; rather it's computer pediatrics. > > I switched her from Kubuntu after two years to Ubuntu. I suspect that RPM > distros Fedora or OpenSUSE might have a little edge over the DEB distros on > overall desktop stability, based on my own past experimentation, so I might > give Fedora or OpenSUSE a try. > > Should I even consider a Mac? > > Thanks to NLUG I escaped Microsoft penitentiary. Thanks for the monthly > meetups; they benefit me greatly. > > Thanks again, > Michael > Back to top <#m_6378530244491380867_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/nlug-talk/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to [email protected]. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CA%2BhUY4d40qH74CxqCR7YGcE9oL81wiOGxjYOsV_4x2RjC1P5yw%40mail.gmail.com.
