Hello Warpslide!

** On Sunday 18.07.21 - 15:48, Warpslide wrote to August Abolins:

 AA>> How did THAT work out?

 W> It works fine, you can use bootcamp to install & run
 W> windows natively. She uses a windows logitech mouse &
 W> keyboard combo so the ones it came with are just sitting in
 W> the box.

Ah..  Boot Camp, I've heard of it. Sounds like a fine solution  
or people who what to use Mac hardware with their familiar  
Windows progs.

I tried Mint on a legacy iMac that I am trying to revive, but I  
only got this far before it simply locked up:

 https://kolico.ca/tmp/imac-IMG_20210522.jpg

I've love to use this machine as a media display monitor in my  
shop.


 W> This thing cost at least C$2500, would have been a hell of
 W> a lot cheaper to buy a 27" monitor and a Windows desktop
 W> (or better yet, use her existing MacBook).

That's a wealthy aunt.  Stay friends!  You might inherit  
something.  

How is she using the Mac most of the time?  Is it just for  
browsing over the internet and movies?  Is she using it for  
anything like photography?

A friend of mine has been 100% Mac most of his computer life,  
but he stays with 100% MacOS and Mac progs. His main utility  
for the machine is photography and some music.  Wrt music, he's  
digressed to Spotify since he can then control his amplifier/ 
player with his iPhone or the Mac.  He owns a pair of Klipsch  
Heresy speakers (an earlier model from the 80's) that sounded  
absolutely wonderful when he demo'd some classical tracks from  
an LP of Holt's Planets.

 AA>> The new Win11 seems to boast a toolbar at the bottom of
 AA>> the screen that is reminiscent of the way Mac does
 AA>> things.

 W> I've been meaning to download the release preview and play
 W> around with it on VirtualBox.  As long as I can load
 W> classic shell on it everything should be ok.

Is it still in preview state?  I am reading that Win11 will  
only be available for 64bit machines, but "FREE" to Win10  
users.

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