Absolutely agreed. Even PC Magazine agrees with you and elected the Mac PC of the year, I think few times now. On Mar 23, 2015, at 11:20 AM, David hilbert poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > besides, windows runs better on a mac. > > On Mar 23, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Lena Contreras wrote: > > Yes. My Mac is approaching five years old. When I had my other windows > laptops, when they were around four years old they would start acting > strangely. They would crash for no reason the speech would stop working and I > would have to reboot or other strange things would happen. So far, my Mac is > running fine. I know Friends that have eight or nine-year-old Max that are > running well but won't support the latest OSX. When somebody's getting a new > computer, I recommend a Macintosh. But some of my friends are Fred to make > the switch because of having to relearn things. Also the Mac is more > expensive and they want to spend less on the computer. And some of my > computer geek friends don't like the "control "that Apple has. > Lena > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Mar 23, 2015, at 5:31 AM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> +1 Microsoft has scarred me too. It’s hard to get over that level of bad >> design and lack of security. >> >>> On Mar 22, 2015, at 11:47 AM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Unfortunately, I keep having this nightmare that I still have to use >>> Windows to train a few clients, but it's actually reality and not some bad >>> dream. I guess, in your case, the psychological scars remain ... >>> >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> John D. Panarese >>> Director >>> Mac for the Blind >>> Tel, (631) 724-4479 >>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com >>> >>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 >>> Mountain Lion >>> >>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE >>> >>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Mar 22, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Lena Contreras <contreras_lena@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> I was listening to a couple podcasts yesterday about the new Apple MacBook >>>> and Apple Watch. Last night I had a strange dream. I dreamt that I was >>>> typing away on a laptop who's screen would not stay open and I had to lay >>>> it down flat on the table like an iPad. It didn't bother me though because >>>> I was listening to the voice and did not need to see the screen and an >>>> angle. >>>> I remember I was typing and all of a sudden realize that there was no >>>> voice feedback. When I checked to see if the computer was running it had >>>> crashed. I somehow knew that it was a Windows machine and wondered why I >>>> did not hear the sound I had originally used to tell me when the computer >>>> was crashing. I remember feeling frustrated and thinking that I should get >>>> a Mac. I just thought it was very weird to have this dream when my MacBook >>>> Pro is running well and I have not touched a Windows computer in about >>>> five years. 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