Tech help for the mother unit

[DaviDC.]

Mom bought a Canon PIXMA MP495 Wireless All-in-One Printer & I was called upon to set it up.

I wasn't looking forward to this after my experience a couple of months ago with a wireless HP AIO she bought at COSTCO. Never could get that one to work so she took it back.

The Canon was a breeze to set up & it prints & scans beautifully.

I found out that now she's itching to buy a MacBook Air. There's nothing wrong with the 2 GHz MacBook I gave her a few years ago other than it's not new & shiny. The battery no longer holds a charge for longer than 10-15 minutes but that's not a big deal because she always keeps it plugged in. Guess I'll be selling it on Craigs List soon.

I brought her ancient Dell Dimensions 2350 desktop home & plan on installing Ubuntu on it. It's currently running Windows XP & takes at least 15 minutes from pressing the power button to becoming usable.

[hal]

YOU are a lame mac enthusiast - your mom is doing it right

why on earth does one need a good reason to want a new computer? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

:-)

[kj4btkljv]

All that Dell needs is a fresh copy of Windows XP on it, then it won't take so long to boot up.

Nuke-and-pave man. Or, run Ubuntu, like planned.

Jeff

[DaviDC.]

I downloaded ubuntu 10.10, burned it to a CD & began the install process but the computer froze.
I suspect that the BIOS might need to be updated but that caused it to freeze as well.

The Dell has a 2.4 GHz Pentium processor but only 256 MB RAM.

[Speedy]

That MacBook will still be as fast as the MacBook Air.

[DaviDC.]

Speedy wrote:
That MacBook will still be as fast as the MacBook Air.

I've told her that, but it still wont be as pretty as a new MBA. She wont even consider a refurb,