Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline
by puranjay on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @09:29AM
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My wife wants a Mac. She's a teacher and uses it mostly to write documents, watch movies, and read PDFs. Would an Air be good enough for her?
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Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline
by watmough on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @09:43AM
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It sounds like an Air would be fine, but she might want to also consider a Chromebook.
Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline
by puranjay on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @10:03AM
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Thanks, hadn't thought of that. She actually has a Nexus and isn't really tied into the Apple ecosystem so this might actually be a good idea
Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline
by kps on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @11:04AM
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If she has favourite or familiar Android apps, the list of Chromebooks that can run them may be valuable: https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-suppo...
(disclaimer: I used to work on chromebook software)
Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline
by keithpeter on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @02:14PM
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https://www.neverware.com
You could (both) try out ChromeOS on a Windows laptop before traipsing down to the shop to test keyboards. Needs an 8Gb USB stick that you can erase.
Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline
by puranjay on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @07:28AM
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This is great. Thanks for sharing.
I'm downloading it right now and taking it out for a spin on my computer first. Never used ChromeOS before!
Re:The Apple Goes Mushy Part I: OS X's Interface Decline
by keithpeter on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @09:55AM
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You can dd the bin file to a USB stick (bin file is 5Gb so 8Gb stick needed) and just run a 'live' session without installing. Watch out for the installer screens when you boot from the stick!!
I used the product for the same reason: to see what ChromeOS was like.