From: "Jim Saklad" <jimdoc@me.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:09 PM
To: <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [iPad] New computer
>>>> I just have to know *what* to transfer & *where* to put things.
>>>> Programs have a nasty habit in recent years (maybe not-so-recent, at
>>>> that) of stashing files/settings/prefs/etc. in various secret nooks &
>>>> crannies.
>>>
>>> on a mac thats easy. wanna know?
>>> ~KM
>>
>> Not really.
>> I considered getting a Mac, but couldn't get satisfactory answers about
>> how to transfer & be able to access my years of archives of various
>> sorts.
>> bj
>
> Hmm. Where did you ask?
> --
A few places -- stores, groups. Either the mac-people were busy being
superior about how great mac was & how much better life would be with it
(but not helpful about windows-programs-file-archives such as years of
email) or they didn't know what I was talking about (the children at the
apple store or best buy) or they recommended something that wouldn't work
because of what I had -- or didn't have, such as an open network -- or what
I needed or thought about getting or could understand how to set-up/use.
The one thing that seemed to emerge was that a mac would be able to import
files from an external hd previously attached to a win-pc -- but nothing
much about how I could actually *use* (read, find, etc.) those files. I
never got as far as asking about how well MSOffice/Mac
compares to the windows versions, or what would be most comparable for any
win-s/w that I would need to replace in function for mac -- let alone how I
would transfer all the info from the pc version or would I have to re-enter
or design from scratch.
True, I didn't make a major project out of these inquiries -- but I didn't
get much in the way of encouraging information from what I did ask.
Anyway that ship has sailed, I got a new Win7 laptop. It always takes me a
while to make switchovers but I've got the process underway.
bj
