Thanks, Michael. Your points are well taken. I have already discussed
several of these with her father.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hobart" <mhobart@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Apple MacBook
> I've used a MacBook Pro for several years now and it has proven to be a
> reliable machine.
>
> 1) I agree that she should have an external drive to act as a Time Machine
> backup solution. It does not need to be a drive from Apple. I do
> recommend that this be as large as possible, as this will give the
> greatest time period for the backups. Once the drive has filled up, it
> will delete the oldest backup files to make space for the most recent
> ones. It does this transparently to the user. The low price of large
> external drives these days is to our advantage (2 Tb external hard drives
> are generally in the range of $90-150 these days).
>
> I found in my own experience that I most often needed to restore files
> when I first had my MacBook, not due to computer problems but due to
> "operator error" :-) The entire contents of the computer can be restored
> from the Time Machine backup if worse comes to worse.
>
> Make sure that she turns on the Time Machine feature!
>
> 2) The Apple warranty is 12 months for hardware, and you can extend the
> Applecare to 36 months at any time during that initial 12 months. This
> does not need to be purchased directly from Apple. There are any number
> of Mac dealers as retail stores and online vendors (such as through
> Amazon) who sell these Applecare extensions. I have ended up using my
> machine as my primary computer and the investment in Applecare has been
> very useful. I happen to have an advantage as I am near an Apple retail
> store, so I can just walk my machine in if there is a problem. The
> hardware problems I have encountered have not been "fatal" ones but ones
> that needed correcting before things got worse (such as one of the two
> internal fans failing, etc.) While I'm normally reluctant to recommend
> extended warranties, when the computer is a primary one and a laptop, I
> would recommend it when the manufacturer offers it, as in this case.
>
>
> On Sunday, May29, 2011, at 4:16 AM, olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
>
>> Re: [OM] Apple MacBook
>
> Michael Hobart
> mhobart@xxxxxxx
>
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