Rule #1: NEVER help a friend with their computer setup unless you have a lot of time you don't mind wasting or don't mind losing them as a friend.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > A family friend was having trouble with her iMac. "I had to > set up a new > email account and so I entered all the details like [the Mac setup > assistant - a sort of setup 'wizard'] asked, and it doesn't > work, can you > help?" > > I quickly find her own phone number as the diallup number > Remote Access > (the software that dials the number for the modem) is trying > to access > the internet with. Sigh. > > It's my first taste if OS X (fancy way of saying OS 10) and I > don't like > it. It runs slow on the iMac, and is not at all user > intuitive like the > earlier classic OSs : 7, 8, 9. I won't be 'upgrading' any of > my machines > to this mess. > > She tells me that she's thinking of getting rid of the iMac > in favour of > a PC - 'cos I thought Macs were supposed to be easier'. I > then find out > that, although they have a normal diallup ISP, they have had > a second, > entirely seperate phone line installed just for net access by > the iMac. > Why not go for Broadband? Not yet available in her area. Okay > - British > Telecom do an ISDN for home users (BT Home Highway) which > gives faster > net access and the use of a voice line while connected to the net, if > needed. I get a blank stare back. > > Oh, the printer isn't responding. 2 hours later, it is. 'Do > your children > (3 primary school tots) have access to this computer by any > chance?' The > reply : "Always". I see. > > I reconsider my advice, and somewhat develishly suggest that > maybe a PC > would be better for them ;-) > > Joking aside, PCs or Macs, it's all down to personal > preference at home, > and custom and practice at work. Neither is better or worse. Like > cameras, they are tools. > > Cotty > > ____________________________________ > Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! > http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ > ____________________________________ > Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at > http://www.macads.co.uk/ > ____________________________________ > > >
