I always make my family members buy Macs if they want me to help them with their computer. I had one problem 15 years ago, but that's it. Apple folks are good at helping.
On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM Michael L <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > -- > 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/CALdmzXbaOdQ-y%3Df1QEdmXkMKkLoKJz1UAFtFr3yG0C2k9A%3D0Dg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXbaOdQ-y%3Df1QEdmXkMKkLoKJz1UAFtFr3yG0C2k9A%3D0Dg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. [email protected] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- -- 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/CAAtfUtGsdiEvSPWzxMSY53dBBuueyaE65gQ%2B03ng%2BCSFqnv%3DcA%40mail.gmail.com.
