Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 MG> Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH>> Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:

 EH>>>>>> I don't have any protection on this system or
six of my other
 MG>>>>> systems. I
 EH>>>>>> do have protection (avast! anti-virus and a couple
 MG> anti-spy/malware
 EH>>>>>> apps) on the only Windows computer I have, though. :-)

 EH>>>>>> The nice thing about Linux is that there are no
viruses or spyware
 MG>>>>> that

 MG>>>>> *YET*  :)

 EH>>>> I doubt there will be anything to worry about anytime soon.

 EH>>>>>> effect it. That and it blows Vista/XP/etc. away.

 MG>>>>> Your preference, my machine does everything I need
it to do and
 EH>>>> doesn't
 MG>>>>> require me to learn too many new things. :)

 EH>>>> You'd be surprised at how little you would need to learn to do
 EH>>>> everything you do now.

 EH>>>> Ed

 MG>>> New technology intimidates me.

 EH>> There's nothing new about Linux. It's based on Unix that has been
 MG> around
 EH>> since the 60s. :-)

 MG> It's new to me. :)

Point taken. :-)

 MG>>> I'm sure that my cell phone does lots of
 MG>>> things besides phone calls (I have a Motorola Razr) but I'll be
 MG> darned
 MG>>> if that manual is in English.  :)

 EH>> Heh heh... I have a RAZR and a KRAZR and they do all sorts of things.
 EH>> But... I usually only use them to make calls. ;-)

 MG> I know it'll take pictures, but I don't know how, besides that's what my
 MG> camera is for.

It's pretty easy to take pictures with it, but I agree that it's better to
use a camera instead.

 MG> My dad, the Imagineer, used to say "the more goodies in
 MG> it, the more things to break. He was making that observation about cars,
 MG> but it fits a Razr as well. :) He'd probably go crazy with all the
 MG> things on a PC. You have to remember that he worked with room sized
 MG> computers. :)

Those room sized computers had less computing power than your RAZR
cellphone. Your father would be amazed at what can be done with today's
computers.

Ed

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