and will now shut down" and of course,
only choice is "OK" and it did. She only uses her computer to surf
web, read email and use
word processing program occasionally. Should we track down and fix this meaningless "problem"?Several Apples ago, I bought a book called "Macs for Dummies" and my all time favorite line from that book is repeated over and over again throughout
book. "This message is meaningless, ignore it and reboot" in reference to any one of many possible error messages in dialog boxes that appear on screen before, during or after a system crash.
One thing I understand very clearly on
list of benefits Phil Schiller's numbered powerpoint slides was point number 3. "Embrace Open Standards" that means that Apple is committed to coming out of hiding when it comes to proprietary software. It means that
new core of Unix that underlies OS X makes it incredibly stable, available to tweaks and improvements in security and usability by geeks worldwide, not just those in Apple headquarters in Cupertino.
OS X crashes less often, makes me smile more than
OS 9 did, it does its job faster and even comes with System 9 built in, to run all
software that worked on it before you upgraded. I struggled to remember how much RAM I had in my iMac DV when I spoke to an Apple representative on
trade show floor and recalled that I had asked them to double what it came with when I bought it, so that means it will run OS X, according to
rep.
COOL! I don't know how it works, but I use it 8 hours a day so it's important that I like using it. I do.

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