[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I’m waiting for the new iMacs to roll out that are way overdue..... As soon as they do then I will buy it. Until then, I’m in a holding pattern.

My granddaughter is a rising freshman in college, and plans to get a laptop Mac (because, I suspect, she learned that Macs are predominant on campus where she’s going. AFAIK she doesn’t have Mac experience, tho she does use an iPod touch . . .)

I have been thinking about suggesting that she get her Mac now, and acclimate herself to it over the summer. OTOH I could suggest waiting for a shoe to possibly drop in Cupertino. What would your guess be?

Since I’m contributing to that project, my suggestion would carry substantial weight.

[Swordmaker]

I’m inclined to agree with you. She will have a lot on her plate as a Freshman and adding learning a new OS would just be piling on. Give her a head start by doing some “summer school” of learning her way around OS X. Since she is already accepted, she can probably use that college as her school and get the education discount on an online purchase. Look at the bottom of the Apple.com site for the education store to save some money and for their education specials.

[The Westerner]

Having had a daughter buy her 1st Apple laptop as part of Freshman week at the college she attended, with the discounted prices colleges get, I never heard a word about trouble figuring out the machine:-) Kids today breathe computers, n and out. A fancy computer disguised as a cell phone is always in their hands. She will have a ball playing with her powerful new toy, um, laptop computer. Fret not. It's us older folks who worry....and require Swordmaker and others for help.
Hope she learns a few useful things at college! Had a testy moment or two the year the environmentalists won her over...temporarily.