On 19 Feb 2020, at 00:00, John Miller <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:

I bet apple has really made a lot of friends there!

John

On Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 23:23:07 GMT, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:

Currently I am hanging on to my old iMac i7 (I think 2011 vintage) because it runs all my old software (though I am considering a virtual box?on the iMac Pro with SL installed and run old software ).?

One thing to keep in mind if you have a more recent machine needing fixing it might be better economics and future proofing to go ahead and do the fix because ?that will run Catalina and 64 bit programs. ?If you go out and buy a cheap oldie replacement you risk being well left behind because an oldie just won't keep up and you'll very soon get frustrated as various bits of software just stop ?updating and Apple stops supporting..

Jude

On 19 Feb 2020, at 00:34, John Miller <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:

I can really see this backfiring in apple’s face. I had no indication my iMac would be non-upragedable, whatsoever when I bought it. Absolutely zero on website. Why not just upgrade to a PC, run Ubuntu etc?. Apple's slowing down old iPhones & been fined for it.

apple admits to slowing down old iphones?BSc

On 19 Feb 2020, at 00:00, John Miller <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:

I bet apple has really made a lot of friends there!

John

On Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 23:23:07 GMT, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:

Currently I am hanging on to my old iMac i7 (I think 2011 vintage) because it runs all my old software (though I am considering a virtual box?on the iMac Pro with SL installed and run old software ).?

One thing to keep in mind if you have a more recent machine needing fixing it might be better economics and future proofing to go ahead and do the fix because ?that will run Catalina and 64 bit programs. ?If you go out and buy a cheap oldie replacement you risk being well left behind because an oldie just won't keep up and you'll very soon get frustrated as various bits of software just stop ?updating and Apple stops supporting..

Jude

On 19 Feb 2020, at 00:00, John Miller <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:

I bet apple has really made a lot of friends there!

John

On Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 23:23:07 GMT, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:

Currently I am hanging on to my old iMac i7 (I think 2011 vintage) because it runs all my old software (though I am considering a virtual box?on the iMac Pro with SL installed and run old software ).?

One thing to keep in mind if you have a more recent machine needing fixing it might be better economics and future proofing to go ahead and do the fix because ?that will run Catalina and 64 bit programs. ?If you go out and buy a cheap oldie replacement you risk being well left behind because an oldie just won't keep up and you'll very soon get frustrated as various bits of software just stop ?updating and Apple stops supporting..

Jude

On 18 Feb 2020, at 11:58 pm, John Miller via Groups.Io <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:

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Dear alll,

I've noticed my latest iMac doesn't have a superdrive.Far worse & less addressable, there are no slots for user switching of memory. I bought the minimum thinking I could bump it up with crucial later. Is that possible?

John

On 18 Feb 2020, at 16:57, John Miller via Groups.Io <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:

Dear alll,

I've noticed my latest iMac doesn't have a superdrive.Far worse & less addressable, there are no slots for user switching of memory. I bought the minimum thinking I could bump it up with crucial later. Is that possible?

John

On 17 Feb 2020, at 05:18, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:

After plain surviving, most of us I think we all start out thinking we want to make a difference. I don't think you can talk failure, failure is only if you haven't tried.

There's always an adjustment to be made when careers take a swerve. My husband had been press secretary to several ministers in govt. later in his career and then executive adviser to two State Premiers - very responsible job - and when things changed and he was no longer in the job he actually sought advice, on my urging from an outfit called Davidson and Axsmith -- they'd written a book called "The Art of Executive firing"which I had bought for my husband at a point when he had to face the idea of having to fire someone whilst in the job. Horrid thing to have to do, but its better to do it right and see that the person is taken care of.

When he himself found himself our in the big wide world again he at least had the satisfaction of the govt. having to pay out his contract etc so that in fact was a bit of financial padding till he established himself yet again as a freelance consultant. ?What he did find though, and it had its funny moments was he applied for all sorts of jobs and then when it got to interviews the inevitable question of what had he been doing prior and when he told them ?the shock looks on faces and "You were doing what !!".....and rejection purely that they thought he was oh so overly qualified for a job he himself was more than willing to tackle. ?He was in fact told by one company they would love to employ him but that it would make the people who would be senior to him rather uncomfortable.

Davidson and Axsmith kindly agreed to see him and have a chat and that was very valuable --- and the first thing they said was "You know you're never going to have a job like that again in a hurry", and pointed out the pitfalls of applying for jobs with his CV which was indeed starry to say the least. Their advice came down to where we had already been discussing a to go back to freelancing for himself which was entirely more profitable really than working for wages, but it still took at least six months to really get rolling and busy, but in the end he had four very big clients including major mining companies. ?So in a way it events did us a favour.

So you see John its not always about qualifications work experience etc - other factors come into play that you may not have taken on board.

X Jude

On 17 Feb 2020, at 05:18, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:

After plain surviving, most of us I think we all start out thinking we want to make a difference. I don't think you can talk failure, failure is only if you haven't tried.

There's always an adjustment to be made when careers take a swerve. My husband had been press secretary to several ministers in govt. later in his career and then executive adviser to two State Premiers - very responsible job - and when things changed and he was no longer in the job he actually sought advice, on my urging from an outfit called Davidson and Axsmith -- they'd written a book called "The Art of Executive firing"which I had bought for my husband at a point when he had to face the idea of having to fire someone whilst in the job. Horrid thing to have to do, but its better to do it right and see that the person is taken care of.

When he himself found himself our in the big wide world again he at least had the satisfaction of the govt. having to pay out his contract etc so that in fact was a bit of financial padding till he established himself yet again as a freelance consultant. ?What he did find though, and it had its funny moments was he applied for all sorts of jobs and then when it got to interviews the inevitable question of what had he been doing prior and when he told them ?the shock looks on faces and "You were doing what !!".....and rejection purely that they thought he was oh so overly qualified for a job he himself was more than willing to tackle. ?He was in fact told by one company they would love to employ him but that it would make the people who would be senior to him rather uncomfortable.

Davidson and Axsmith kindly agreed to see him and have a chat and that was very valuable --- and the first thing they said was "You know you're never going to have a job like that again in a hurry", and pointed out the pitfalls of applying for jobs with his CV which was indeed starry to say the least. Their advice came down to where we had already been discussing a to go back to freelancing for himself which was entirely more profitable really than working for wages, but it still took at least six months to really get rolling and busy, but in the end he had four very big clients including major mining companies. ?So in a way it events did us a favour.

So you see John its not always about qualifications work experience etc - other factors come into play that you may not have taken on board.

X Jude