Apple Users ------- Attention!

5thwheeleroldman wrote:
Adblock still working great. Worried, though as I know ads are how lots of these sites pay the bills. Bet they find some way around Adblock in time.

It has been just a couple days for me but the results are amazing. I hope it lasts!

Thanks again for the info and have a great holiday weekend!

8.1 Van wrote:
My 6-core Mac Pro takes 2 seconds to boot and has no AV program, no System Mechanic, no Malwarebytes and CC cleaner etc. My internal and external drives are all ultra fast PCIe SSDs.

For the cost of that Mac, someone could buy 4-5 nice Windows machines.

bcsdguy wrote:
Get a Chromebook if you don't have to do a lot of heavy stuff. They are faster than any pc or Apple on startup and run on apps which practically eliminates all virus problems. They are really inexpensive and so easy to use. JMHO.

I second this big time.

My family is a Mac/Chrome OS family. I have a fantastic Toshiba Full HD 1080P Chromebook 2 with 4gb of ram and an Intel processor. My oldest sun uses a Samsung Chromebook with an ARM processor and 2 gb of ram.

I am a heavy user... I run Windows 7 on my Chromebook through VPN at my work (Virtual Desktop).. I have migrated all my documents and pictures to the cloud.

The Mac is fantastic, even though its a 2011 model MBP with 8GB of ram. My wife uses the Mac to run her Cricut.

We have a wireless printer that any of the Chromebooks or the Macbook can print too. Talk about a nice feature.

I am still an iPhone user... have tried Android and I just don't like them very much. So, as a result I have subscriptions to two cloud services.

iCloud and Google Drive.

I pay about .99 for 20 gb of iCloud per month.. I do that so that my three iOS devices (Personal cell, work cell, and ipad) are backed up on the cloud. I went swimming accidently once in the ocean and learned a hard lesson about how valuable automatic backups are on iCloud (on charge, connected to wifi)

Right now I have about 115 gb of data on Google Drive. I don't pay anything for this now as I have 100 free gb for two years for purchasing my Toshiba.

I will probably continue with the 100 gb plan after my two years is up. That is only 1.99 per month and is pretty cheap insurance.

My next purchase will probably be an Intel i3 or i5 Chromebox (desktop) with 8-16 gb of ram. And I will probably run two 27 inch 1080p HD monitors.

The only thing I can't do with my Chromebooks so far is rip a CD. Thats not a big deal to me as I haven't ripped a CD in years. Most of my purchases are digital now, TV, Movies, Music. It all lives on the cloud or as a download on one of my devices.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

8.1 Van wrote:
My 6-core Mac Pro takes 2 seconds to boot and has no AV program, no System Mechanic, no Malwarebytes and CC cleaner etc. My internal and external drives are all ultra fast PCIe SSDs.

That's impressive. Two seconds is a cold boot, or waking from sleep?

I'm shopping for a new machine.

We bought our MacBook in late 08 or early 09 prior to taking off to look for our retirement home. About 6 months ago I started getting a "your browser is no longer supported" warning from some of my banking websites and a number of entertainment websites. I purchased the Snow Leopard operating system update for about $30.00 and then downloaded Avalanche for free a few months later. Other than my operating system becoming out dated this computer has been flawless. I recently purchased a HP lap top for another project and after having it for about 3 months I decided that going online with it was a **** shoot even with good security software. The wireless connection was turned off, it was cleaned up and it is now only used for all of the data I do not want to ever have to think about losing to a hack. I do back up both computers but have never had to use my back up with the Apple. When it comes to a positive and trouble free online experience you can not beat an Apple
Randy.

Glad to hear it's working for you. (See....no need for a Mac unless you really, really want one) :B

Adblock still working great. Worried, though as I know ads are how lots of these sites pay the bills. Bet they find some way around Adblock in time.

5thwheeleroldman wrote:
I'm the OP. Did install Adblock and it has helped tremendously, but I will reserve judgement until I have tried it a few days. Seems like sometimes the computer finds a way around my improvements.

Glad it helped you. It helped me a lot and I have a very fast PC. It's 5 years old but it's still very fast by today's standards. With ADblock even my internet runs faster.

My 6-core Mac Pro takes 2 seconds to boot and has no AV program, no System Mechanic, no Malwarebytes and CC cleaner etc. My internal and external drives are all ultra fast PCIe SSDs.

There are a few simple steps to keeping any WIN machine running as new:
1) install antivirus (I use AVG free)
2) buy and install System Mechanic - it monitors and cleans up the junk that accumulates. It makes a huge difference in performance
3) install and periodically run CCleaner (free)
4)install and periodically run Malwarebytes (free)
Last weekend I used machines for a project that were running XP Win7 Win8 and Win10. They all had the above on them and all ran with no problems. Before running the above the person with the WinXP machine waited 10 min for it to boot.