I thought she was a trophy wife,...chuckle....this technology stuff is just fascinating....and it is coming fast!
I am posting this on a machine I put together last summer with the lowest offering of the AMD64 X2 processor , 1 Gig of Ram and running Vector Linux and Firefox and it runs like a supercomputer.....nothing slows it down..... probably well under $900 bucks by now!
She is my trophy wife and a ludite. She has no cell phone, has a decades old Princess Phone in our bedroom. She was basically told by the doctors she worked with that she had to use their computer system to communicate with the hospital, make appts and etc, or she couldn't work anymore.
She prefers cash and still carries a check book.
I was one of the first to have a personal computer and one of the first to go online years ago and then Check Free. Basically if I can't use plastic or my computer to pay anyone, I don't want to do business with them. All of the household bills and my personal bills are paid electronically and automatically if there is a fixed payment.
She has really come around with the electronic bill paying, banking and financing as long as I do. Most of her Christmas shopping was done via me and the internet.
So, she floored me the other day when she said that if I could get some small portable unit to do what we do on vacation with or without phone lines. I should buy one.
She begrudgely has admitted if some serious happens news wise, the best place to find out what has/is really happening is on Free Republic.
However, she has warned me while on vacation or mini trips, the portable unit will only be used for required updates and emergencies. If I use it like my home computer, it will get thrown in the hot tub, the office, the lake, off a cliff or under the tires.