Fernando
There is some logic in teaching Linux. A number of countries in South
America as well as China are on the edge of formally switching to Linux
as their 'official' system in government. This will have a significant
local and regional impact in the coming years.
Yes I am sympathetic with your concerns over cost of computers. In fact
I carried some equipment to Bolivia for the same reasons you are asking
of your friend in CT. My brother-in-law gets his equipment brought down
either by one of his sons or colleagues who live here in Canada.
Too bad the Mac mini is a problem to acquire it is a very nice
computer. Its about $650 in Canada which is a bit over 500USD.
GIMP and GIMPshop are quite programmes once you start building
familiarity but my preferred software is Elements as it is simpler than
Photoshop, 1/8th the price and does 90% of what photoshop does. And it
is a native Mac software.
I wish you luck in your search
Bob
On 6-May-06, at 10:11 AM, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
> on 6/05/2006 00:27, RMcFet at rmcfet@xxxxxxxxxx, wrote:
>
>> Fernando
>> How stable is the electricity (ie brown outs and fluctuations) in
>> Uruguay?
> Fairly stable, thanks God. No fluctuations, but blown outs occur once
> in a
> while, most often in my own home due to a shunt-interruptor (I'm
> inventing
> this word right now since I know of no translation _ we call it
> 'disyuntora'). I can bypass it, as did with my audio equipment.
>> There is also a Mac OSX
>> version called GIMPshop. Both are free downloads.
> I know of it, though no experience.
>> Mac Mini costs less and is an extraordinary little unit. I bought one
>> for my daughter and I almost like it better than my G4. The newest
>> version with the intel chip works with Windows platform just fine if
>> you really want it.
> You wouldn't want to know how much does a Mac Mini cost here, whether
> intel
> based or not. My aim was to buy a PowerBook Pro in the US and make it
> come
> here with the help of a friend of mine at CT. It's easy to travel with
> a
> portable computer, not so with a Mac Mini.
> But I have a 12-year daughter and I need a computer for her too, she's
> being
> trained in linux and windows at school. Should those MacBook Pro be
> coming
> without whins or other noises I'd buy one when shipped with 10.5, but
> I'd
> certainly find it hard to let her use it _ for games and msn and virus
> protection...
>
> Thanks for answering Bob.
>
> Fernando.
>
>
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