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cwydro

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25. That was just tongue in cheek.
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:47 PM
May 2020

I think it’s objecting to the attention it gets from my dogs. Paws, bodies, etc. My house is ruled by dogs, I’m afraid. The keyboard I bought years ago to go with the iPad has chew marks on it, literally.

Still not sure which ones did that. They all blamed the other.

I gotta say, Apple makes a hardy product.

Can’t blame them for all of it. This iPad has traveled with me on trains, planes, and automobiles. I left it on a bus in Ireland, and scrambled back on to find it thankfully. Spilled Guinness on it. Wine, coffee, tea, water...God knows what else. Helluva little iPad. Sold me on Apple products forever.

The laptop and printer are needed because of the work I’m doing for the county for vulnerable seniors during the lockdown. Or maybe that’s just an excuse because I want to buy a new device.

But this one is having issues. I have to keep reseating the pad into the keyboard as I type. I don’t like typing on the screen keyboard.

They send me a list of names each week ( a LOT of names) to call, and a spreadsheet onto which to enter all the info I have to gather. My iPad seems to have decided to not deal with these demands after working fine with the spreadsheets for three weeks.

I had to do everything using an old school composition notebook. Then write it all up to send it in with all the info. Found I could barely read my own writing!

No, I didn’t know about Office 365 - thanks! I’ll look into that!

Anyway, if I buy a new laptop, I will be guarding it closely. The printer will be out of reach of dogs.

Excellent questions though! Still trying to figure out what to get.

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I've got a MacBook Pro, which works well for me. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #1
Thanks! cwydro Apr 2020 #5
I'm on my 2nd Mac Book Pro laptop TexasProgresive Apr 2020 #2
Thanks! Gives me somewhere to start looking. cwydro Apr 2020 #4
Love our mac book pro. redstatebluegirl Apr 2020 #3
Thank you! cwydro Apr 2020 #6
We are on our second one. redstatebluegirl Apr 2020 #7
depending on what you need it for.... dhill926 Apr 2020 #8
Thanks for the suggestion! cwydro Apr 2020 #14
MacBook Pro demigoddess Apr 2020 #9
Personally, I prefer desktops. Tetrachloride Apr 2020 #10
I was thinking of a desktop as a possibility. cwydro Apr 2020 #12
Desktops are cheaper sort of, especially considering -- Tetrachloride Apr 2020 #15
Get a new printer? One with WiFi built in? Mersky Apr 2020 #11
I know nothing about printers. cwydro Apr 2020 #13
I like laser printers - toner just keeps going and going Mersky Apr 2020 #16
The last printer I had years ago was a Brother that I used with a desktop. cwydro Apr 2020 #21
All but the very cheapest printers these days has WiFi capabilities ... mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #18
Yes, I have that. Thanks for the info on printers! cwydro Apr 2020 #19
What do you mean by 'rebelling'? And how is a laptop and/or printer going to solve that? mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #22
That was just tongue in cheek. cwydro May 2020 #25
I switched from Pro to Air Lulu KC Apr 2020 #17
Thanks! This is helpful. cwydro Apr 2020 #20
Info on the Air.... Elwood P Dowd Apr 2020 #23
Yeah, in the 800 range is the best I've found so far. cwydro Apr 2020 #24
I have been in the Apple universe for years. Jetheels Jul 2020 #26
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