[dennisw]

When my HP died this spring after about 4-5 years of use, this woman told me to look into the Mac. I could have bought about 5 HPs like the one I bought for the price of the Mac. Since I don’t have a sugar daddy or sugar Mommy, I bought another HP computer.

My new HP has Windows 7 and Explorer 8, and it was working out of the box in minutes. It connected with my new HP printer with zero problems and with our Infinity/Comcast connection in seconds. It is as fast as I need. When I have used my relative’s Mac, I don’t see any difference in speed.

When this female relative visits and uses my new HP, she admits that she can’t see that it is slower than her Mac. Her 13 year old, the real computer expert, says that both work very well, and she prefers my HP keyboard over her mother’s Mac. This 13 year old IT, say that my old HPw2216h monitor works great.
The good thing about America, is if the 53% of us who pay taxes and keep the county going, can afford a Mac they have that option or my option to buy another HP and spend the difference on nice vacations or another Hobie Kayak!

Hi Grandpa Dave
What the Apple fanboy guys here don't realize is that other computer manufacturers have caught up to Apple as far build quality just to be able to compete. The fan boys are stuck in the past when Apple was better than Compaq, HP etc. Laptops and desktops have been around for a long time by now and many/all the kinks have been worked out by the major manufacturers.

Japanese automobiles used to be miserable but the caught up with us and surpassed us in some ways. Same thing has happened in the computer business which is always evolving and always competitive. HP, Dell, Acer, Lenovo, Asus, Toshiba have caught up with Apple and in some ways surpassed it. 

BTW perfectly good HP laptops go for $400-450. Good for internet and Office and youtube etc. While least expensive Apple 15" laptop is $1799 which has a souped up processor the average computer user does not need

 

[Grampa Dave]

In America, one should be able to buy anything, they want that is legal and paid for by them.

We don’t fly much anymore due to TSA. If we did, and Southwest had flights going where we wanted to go, we would fly SW.

The planes would take off on time and you luggage would be at your destination without an extra $50/bag and on time. Last but not least, you usually save a lot of money.

Having said this, the I Phones for small business people may be all the computer power they need.

The Iphone apps can handle the expenses and income of the business without a big computer. We have friends with small wine businesses from planting the grapes to the harvest with the extra labor for crushing/bottling/shipping costs kept track of by their I phones. Then, they process orders on their I phones, deposit checks and pay bills and payroll. One family had a few Macs in their home/office crash with data loss. Now, they apparently use the cloud to store their data from their Macs and I phones.

One friend is a consultant lobbyist for MDs, and he uses his IPad to get data at Sacramento and sends data either from the IPad or his I phone. He gave his Mac to a grandkid and portable Mac to a nephew. The bad news for Apple is his I phone 4 doesn’t need to be replaced by the I 5.

However, I have no need for I phones, I Pads or Macs. The younger female relative with all of the new Apple gear really has no need for any of her Apple stuff, and she admits it.