Computer (Mac) Question

Patrick said:
it would be cheaper to get a chromebox.

i might even have one you can take when you grab the hitch lock.
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For what he's doing yea, I'm on my third. My first cost 150ish and lasted 7 years my second lasted a year because my son jumped on it damaging the hd so now it runs off of a sad card for Minecraft on Ubuntu while my third I use for development, photo editing and everyday things.

I've spent maybe 600 dollars on them in 9(?) years. It's a hard adjustment for about a week but once you realize it's like an Android phone with a keyboard it's fine. As an early adopter they've come a long way but for the majority of computer users they are good enough, and for more advanced users it doesn't take much effort to make it work.
 
Fire Marshal Max said:
For what he's doing yea, I'm on my third. My first cost 150ish and lasted 7 years my second lasted a year because my son jumped on it damaging the hd so now it runs off of a sad card for Minecraft on Ubuntu while my third I use for development, photo editing and everyday things.

I've spent maybe 600 dollars on them in 9(?) years. It's a hard adjustment for about a week but once you realize it's like an Android phone with a keyboard it's fine. As an early adopter they've come a long way but for the majority of computer users they are good enough, and for more advanced users it doesn't take much effort to make it work.
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yes, i'm probably 7 years into it, and have always had unix access. my kid has a gaming pc, so i can run my accounting s/w,
which i could run as a subscription on-line. (it runs win10 home, but has a shim which allows multiple users and RDP)

and can always instantiate a windows machine on amazon, ms, or google free tier!
chromebox now includes linux layer too.

google photos kinda pissed me off - there is no way to mount photos as a drive. but when i plug my phone in, i can see
the phone as a drive.
 
So... the Mac crapped out yesterday. White screen of death?
Replaced the hard drive and so far so good.

I may not need @jklett's torch...
 
if that doesnt work a cheap chromebook is not a bad option. probably get a decent one under $150. good luck.
 
Paul H said:
I am hoping its as simple as a hard drive. Currently backing up on a USB drive just in case.
I don't need tons of memory... what are they? like $50 for 500gig?
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A 2 TB Western Digital external drive goes for $65.
 
Okay, not to hijack, but since it seems like Paul has things squared away,
a question for the tech heads:
Is there a way I delete Times New Roman font from my computers?
I hate that crap.
If it was a person, I'd throat punch it.
 
jmanic said:
Okay, not to hijack, but since it seems like Paul has things squared away,
a question for the tech heads:
Is there a way I delete Times New Roman font from my computers?
I hate that crap.
If it was a person, I'd throat punch it.
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iOS or Windows ?
 
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