[Electronics-talk] MAC vs PC

[David Andrews]

Gerald:

I do think that threats become exaggerated, however, on the other 
hand, your computer may be pumping out junk mail as part of a bot 
net, and you wouldn't necessarily know it.

Dave

At 12:12 PM 8/17/2014, you wrote:

>Meanwhile, I am still chugging along just fine on my XP workstation, 
>thank you, and all the scare mongering about how hackers and aliens 
>from outer space would render our systems useless after support 
>ended in April has turned out to be, as you Brits like to say, 
>rubbiwsh.  I am holding out until Windows 9 is released next April, 
>which should be a big improvement over Windows 8.
>
>Gerald
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Hallsworth via 
>Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>To: "Star Song" <starsong at gmx.com>; "Discussion of accessible 
>electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 11:41 AM
>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] MAC vs PC
>
>
>>I would go for a Mac as I believe this is the way forward for us 
>>especially if you have iOS devices as well. If not you can buy a PC 
>>with Windows 7 or 8.1 which are both good versions of Windows 
>>however 7 is more like XP in terms of its interface. You also have 
>>Classic Shell which works for both 7 and 8.1. XP doesn't exist in 
>>the wild now as support ended April of this year.
>>
>>Christopher Hallsworth
>>Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
>>www.hadley.edu
>>
>>On 17/08/2014 14:44, Star Song via Electronics-talk wrote:
>>>Hello all, I need to get a new laptop, and am wondering if I 
>>>should get a MAC. I have only had an  Asus PC, and use it only for 
>>>its internet and DVD/CD capabilities. I am a mediocre skills user, 
>>>able to do mostly what I need, but don't know much more than that 
>>>about how to figure out more complexx operations. I don't have 
>>>anyone who can help me with my computer unless I take it to a 
>>>store. But I thought maybe from what everyone has said on this 
>>>list A MAC would be better, since I still have Windows XP and 
>>>don't feel comfortable graduating to Windows 8. Can you advise me? 
>>>Thanks,   Shonen

         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
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