MAChinations

Since last August, I have had two Apple computers nosedive on me, both beset with logic board problems. Additionally, I got a defective iPod, and it was replaced with an iPod that is now misbehaving. All of which goes to say that I am immensely grateful for my new Wintel laptop, which is in the process of persuading me that WindowsXP is, for all intents, a very ugly cousin of the MacOS. I have been an Apple user since before there were Macs, and have owned Apple products steadily since 1991. I don't ever see myself loving my Dell as much as I loved, say, my first LCIII, but I sure as heck like it. And given the quality control problems I've experienced, it's not like I have a viable Mac option. I'm about to undertake a hail-mary attempt at wresting justice from Apple. I'll post a blow-by-blow with Apple's response when I have it. In the meantime, normal service is slowly being restored, as I port my cathedral of files from machine to machine. And I just have to say, if you're using any e-mail client other than Mozilla's Thunderbird, you owe it to yourself to sip some Thunderbird.