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Elwood P Dowd

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9. I've been using Apple products for about 23 years. Loved every one of them and never had a problem.

Reply to hunter (Reply #7)

Sat Feb 15, 2020, 07:58 PM

Feb 2020

A 21.5" iMac with SSD and plenty of RAM is my current desktop. The 6-year-old iPad Mini I used as a portable was getting long in the tooth and I wanted something newer with a bigger screen. Saw a 14" ASUS Chromebook on sale for $199.00 and said "what the hell". You can't beat that price for something portable or to use if something breaks in my iMac. Chrome OS turned out to be easy to learn, and the performance is adequate for most tasks I will use it for. Am I wrong, but isn't the Chrome OS basically a version of Linux?

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Speeding up an older computer [View all] Captain Zero Feb 2020 OP

I have a work Dell that sends me reminders..... Historic NY Feb 2020 #1

A solid state drive (SSD) will also do wonders krispos42 Feb 2020 #2

If you have an old computer to experiment with, try Linux Mint. hunter Feb 2020 #3

Linux vs. recommendations :) CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #5

Once you get the hang of it, Linux is a lot less trouble than Windows. hunter Feb 2020 #7

I've been using Apple products for about 23 years. Loved every one of them and never had a problem. Elwood P Dowd Feb 2020 #9

ChromeOS is built on Linux, just as Android is. hunter Feb 2020 #10

Swap HDD for SSD Duckerington Feb 2020 #4

Depends :) CloudWatcher Feb 2020 #6

That is the correct answer. ManiacJoe Feb 2020 #8

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