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| From | "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G |
| Date | 2025-10-07 09:31 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <mkk1frFea3lU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 06/10/2025 22:07, Tom Elam wrote: > On 10/4/2025 12:25 PM, David B. wrote: >> On 04/10/2025 12:32, Tom Elam wrote: >>> On 10/3/2025 6:48 PM, David B. wrote: >>>> On 03/10/2025 23:09, Tom Elam wrote: >>>> [....]> I went to college for 8 years, earned 3 degrees, BS, MS, >>>> PhD, and worked >>>>> continuously in my selected area of study from 1972 to 2023. >>>>> Majored in economics, minors in math and statistics. I know you are >>>>> math challenged, so that is 51 years of highly technical employment. >>>> [....] >>>> >>>> I am well impressed! 🙂 >>>> >>>> Do you use an Apple computer, Tom? >>> >>> Thanks for asking. This is probably more than you wanted to know. I >>> do have extensive experience with Apple products, but let's start at >>> the beginning. >> >> I appreciate you explaining! >>> I used an IBM 360/65 in grad school (1969-72). Then IBM mainframes >>> and DEC mainframes at work. My employer from 1979 to 2003 was >>> Windows- based when the PC became a thing. They furnished desktops, >>> then laptops, so that is what I went with after a brief time using >>> Tandy products at home. >> >> Understood. >>> I have owned 2 Apple Macs. A Bondi Blue iMac circa 1998-98. Major >>> disappointment. Mac OS 9 was so far behind Windows at the time I >>> found it useless. And, it crashed a lot. Second was a MacBook Pro. It >>> was purchased when the M1 version first came out. A very impressive >>> laptop, and I enjoyed using it even though I had to use Parallels to >>> run some Windows-only apps. >>> >>> Unfortunately 2 weeks after purchase it crashed (infinite boot-loop) >>> and would not load the OS. I took it to the local Apple Store and >>> after inspection they honored my request for a full refund, including >>> the accessories purchased. >> >> That all sounds rather sad. :-( >>> The motivation for the Mac was a project that involving using a stats >>> package for a large regression model with over 100,000 observations >>> that my 3 year old Windows machine with a spinning hard drive was >>> taking 30-45 minutes to run. The Mac with its SSD ran it in under 5 >>> minutes as I recall. >>> >>> As a result of that short experience I can certainly appreciate the >>> modern MacBook, M series processors, and Mac OS advantages. >>> Especially battery life! >> >> Major changes! >>> So today it's iPad 9, iPhone 14 Pro and the Dell XPS 15 (32 gb ram, 1 >>> tb SSD) laptop the replaced the MacBook Pro. They all get along just >>> fine. Most of my iOS apps are Microsoft or Google. I also use a >>> cross- platform 3rd party password manager that really helps out. >>> >>> The XPS 15 replaced the MacBook Pro. It did my stats work in about >>> the same time as the Mac. More so than processor, the lack of SSD >>> technology was also a major factor with the older HP. >>> >>> We also own 2 older HP laptops that have been upgraded to Windows 11. >> >> It sounds as if you are well provided with modern technology! If you are >> anything like me, you are probably delighted by the outstanding quality >> of photographs taken on your iPhone 14 Pro! >> >> You'd no doubt enjoy looking at them too if you had a 27 inch iMac or >> a Studio display! >> > > Nothing sad about the need to update my Windows laptop, That was a 6 > figure project completed to the clients satisfaction. Did you do work for someone and generate payment of $100,000+? > I love the 14 Pro. Today I went to the Apple Store to compare my 14 Pro > camera to the new 17 Pro. I did not see enough difference to justify > buying the 17 Pro. I'm really happy with /my/ 14 Pro and I've also decided not to update. > My desktop display is a 3 year old Dell 27" 3840x2160 > HD. The Apple display no doubt looks better, but a 2-3x the price. Apologies. I've no doubt your 27 inch screen is also great for viewing images. So many folk look at images on a phone nowadays and never see the full beauty of a photograph. This is NOT a dandelion! https://i.ibb.co/KjvXY9k8/IMG-0980.jpg (My daughter had suggested I try portrait mode!)
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Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-02 09:59 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Marion <marionf@fact.com> - 2025-10-03 01:19 +0000
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-10-02 18:48 -0700
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-03 18:23 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-03 18:09 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-03 23:48 +0100
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-04 07:32 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-04 17:25 +0100
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-06 17:07 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-10-06 16:57 -0700
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-07 09:31 +0100
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-07 08:49 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-07 08:50 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-07 11:12 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-09 07:21 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-09 15:23 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-09 22:20 +0100
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-09 18:10 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-09 23:30 +0100
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-20 20:06 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-21 09:07 +0200
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-10-04 11:21 -0700
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-05 14:08 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-05 19:52 +0100
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-05 15:48 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-05 23:01 +0100
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-10-06 14:00 -0400
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-10-06 20:12 +0100
Re: Marion's "free" Samsung Galaxy A32-5G Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2025-10-06 17:09 -0400
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