tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35012109.post3750463431101478167..comments2023-10-14T08:05:51.183-07:00Comments on see how we almost fly: Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03662927122733057638noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35012109.post-75302121515297853742010-09-21T11:40:30.967-07:002010-09-21T11:40:30.967-07:00There's nothing you can do on a Mac that you c...There's nothing you can do on a Mac that you can't do on a PC for about half the price. Macs are good computers, and they're nice looking, but for my money, a solid PC is a better bargain.Gerry Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14870190454993499852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35012109.post-78809573758421503552010-09-12T15:01:56.878-07:002010-09-12T15:01:56.878-07:00I wrote a piece on my process in moving to Mac. Yo...I wrote a piece on my process in moving to Mac. You may check it out on our website www.sonoransound.com<br />From the Welcome page> Hal's Stuff> "I'd Rather Switch Than Fight"<br /><br />I'd be interested in what you do. HalUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10886965467542167124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35012109.post-29458841139569821422010-09-09T12:13:34.784-07:002010-09-09T12:13:34.784-07:00Some people drive Fords, others choose Hyundai. Ex...Some people drive Fords, others choose Hyundai. Except for the purists, computers beat typers cold. If one doesn't suit you, try another. Back up often. If you go Mac, get AppleCare. If you stay with PCs, keep a spare. <br />-JuniorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35012109.post-84880836423695977722010-08-27T09:52:18.527-07:002010-08-27T09:52:18.527-07:00Hi, Allison, I was in one of your workshops at Row...Hi, Allison, I was in one of your workshops at Rowe this past spring. <br /><br />I definitely love Macs. Yes, they are pricier up front, but my husband has gone through 2 PC laptops in the four years I've had my MacBook, which is still going strong. His current laptop is about to give up, so for the first time he is pondering a Mac. Just my two cents.Lauralewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13899810561123775484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35012109.post-57168648106601839732010-08-27T00:04:04.919-07:002010-08-27T00:04:04.919-07:00Speaking of portrayals of poverty, I just rewatche...Speaking of portrayals of poverty, I just rewatched the first season of The Wire -- looking at it for some plotting insight -- there are a million brilliant things about The Wire . . but one of the ones most fascinating to me is how it shows poverty. We see humans living in apartments that are almost empty except for some mattresses, no sheets on the 'beds', no furniture, just humans squatting to sleep, and eating nothing but inner city junk food take out, no cooking stove or fridge. Humans really do live like that but we never see it. We imagine it happened in Dickens' time but not ours . . but it does. And one really poignant storyline shows kids caring for youngers kids, like thirteen year old boys getting a handful of five and six year olds off to school . . the big kid motivates the younger ones to obey him by threatening them with foster care, which all the children think is worse than living in empty rooms with filthy mattresses and no adults. Not many, but some real humans live that way and we rarely see it portrayed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35012109.post-35026400730610470562010-08-27T00:00:41.463-07:002010-08-27T00:00:41.463-07:00Winter's Bone is very fine art. You are right...Winter's Bone is very fine art. You are right: we rarely see portrayals of what it can be really like to live in poverty.<br /><br />As far as the Mac v. PC debate: Macs are better, hands down. A question for you: do you use any software for large writing projects? I noticed that in Michael Chabon's recent books, he acknowledges his project management software. Software can be very useful to some writers, I guess. so . . if you use some software to write ( I am talking about management software, a way to track/link ideas and musings, plot, track), you might check to see if the software you use (if you use some) is available on Macs. But there is no difference. Once you go Mac, you will never go back to PC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com