Mac Days

I am getting pretty good at using my MacBook Pro 17. I have had to, because my 2 Acer laptops have develped hardware issues, and they are just too darned expensive to get fixed these days. They are darn near disposables, meaning to me that I can buy a new one for less than it costs to have one repaired. That is, of course, a good news/bad news situation. These days I feel lucky to have one working computer. And I have 2 now. I have switched to exclusive use of the Mac for day to day needs. I have found that between it and my old IBM desktop (still going pretty strong), I have all I need. It took quite a long time for me to decide where I wanted to keep my data. I mean which machine would be the primary site. I decided to make my desktop the primary, even though I use it far less than the Mac. The portability of the Mac makes it far easier to use. I can lug it around (it is NOT light) wherever I go, and I am on the go a lot.

I am trying out SOS Online Backup services. I am not yet convinced that it will work for me, but I remain hopeful. I also copy all of my data to my 1TB Western Digital MyBook on a quarterly basis. The size of "My Documents" folder is 94 GB, and it consists mainly of videos (my Flip camera takes them), music, and photos (around 40,000 photos at last count).

My IBM desktop runs Windows XP so I will try to keep it going through 2014, the last days of XP.

I am also changing the way I feel about the need for these darn boat anchors. I just told a customer, who is expecting an iPad for her birthday, that I thought she'd never return to her laptop. Like so many others out there, e-mailing and browsing the web is about all these heavy duty laptops and desktops are used for. Compare them to a tablet like the iPad and the tablet wins hands down.

Just some food for thought on a Friday afternoon. Good weekends all.

I haven't heard of some of these, but it's interesting to me that there are so many FREE alternatives to MS Office. This is found on the techilicious.com web site.

Seven Free Alternatives to Microsoft Office

I have put off doing this, but I now think it's a must these days. I am hopeful that this article will help me in my attempt to come up with a useful FB Page. I suspect the problem will be that every small (and large) business is doing the same and it will be a quagmire out there in FB-world.

I found this on pcworld.com. I hope it may prove useful to some of you.

How to Make a Facebook Page for Your Small Business