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Mac OSX comes with iTunes, iPhoto, GarageBand, etc. For spreadsheets from work you’ll probably want to invest in a copy of Microsoft Office (Home/Student version should be plenty). If I were going to recommend anything, it would be AppleCare and maybe One-to-One training ($99/year for 1-hour class every week, if you want). Tekserve often runs free seminars, as does the Apple Store. Describe your needs to the salesperson, wherever you’re buying, and ask their thoughts—both immediate and down the road.
congrats, dirty hipster. with a user name like that, I’d assume you were on a Mac; call it social profiling. Macs are FAR superior, computers with an excellent OS.
Macs do not come with the Microsoft Office suite, but from what I hear Google’s free programs—that include Google Spreadsheet, are more than adequate.
I’d opt for the extended warranty and a laptop sleeve. Besides that, a Macbook is all set right out of the box.
1. To say that the entire system is broke because of speculation in places like FL, NV and elsewhere is a presumption that they throw out and then don’t defend.
2. To imply that renters over homeowners might spend more on “That means less spending on medical technology, or software, or alternative energy. ” is also not proven in any way, shape or form.
3. Yes, homeownership might tie people to blighted areas but also ties them to areas that have withstood blight.
4. I for one, have always been happier owning than renting.
5. To think that the mortgage deductibility will go away is ludicrous. You might as well bet that the sun isn’t going to rise tomorrow. For better or worse, but a reality, nonetheless.
6.”Next, we need to encourage growth in the regions and cities that are best positioned to compete in the coming decades: the great mega-regions that already power the economy, and the smaller, talent-attracting innovation centers inside them—places like Silicon Valley, Boulder, Austin, and the North Carolina Research Triangle.” This is what creates regional bubbles anyway….like Silicon Valley!!!!!!!!!
7. Finally, they forget to address the underlying long-term economic reality of home ownership over the long term…..ONCE YOUR MORTGAGE IS PAID, YOU LIVE RENT FREE IN YOUR SENIOR YEARS. Yes, many people don’t make intelligent geographic decisions and do get stuck in high RE tax states (NJ) but the flight to FL and NV was a response by many of the elderly to escape high tax states and I’m sure that, despite whether or not they have lost money i their retirement home, they are very, very happy in those places. paying no state income taxes and having low property taxes.
Thinking of running and picking up my first macbook at lunch today – anything i should make sure I have on it? I’m only going to be using it for music, photos and maybe messing around with a few spreadsheets from work. advice?
“So how do we move past the bubble, the crash, and an aging, obsolescent model of economic life? What’s the right spatial fix for the economy today, and how do we achieve it?
The solution begins with the removal of homeownership from its long-privileged place at the center of the U.S. economy…
If anything, our government policies should encourage renting, not buying. Homeownership occupies a central place in the American Dream primarily because decades of policy have put it there. A recent study… shows that…homeowners are no happier than renters…
And while homeownership has some social benefits… it is costly to the economy… those places with higher homeownership rates also suffer from higher unemployment. Homeownership…is a more important predictor of unemployment than rates of unionization or the generosity of welfare benefits… it ties people to declining or blighted locations…
As homeownership rates have risen, our society has become less nimble… This sort of creeping rigidity in the labor market is a bad sign for the economy, particularly in a time when businesses, industries, and regions are rising and falling quickly.”
Mac OSX comes with iTunes, iPhoto, GarageBand, etc. For spreadsheets from work you’ll probably want to invest in a copy of Microsoft Office (Home/Student version should be plenty). If I were going to recommend anything, it would be AppleCare and maybe One-to-One training ($99/year for 1-hour class every week, if you want). Tekserve often runs free seminars, as does the Apple Store. Describe your needs to the salesperson, wherever you’re buying, and ask their thoughts—both immediate and down the road.
congrats, dirty hipster. with a user name like that, I’d assume you were on a Mac; call it social profiling. Macs are FAR superior, computers with an excellent OS.
Macs do not come with the Microsoft Office suite, but from what I hear Google’s free programs—that include Google Spreadsheet, are more than adequate.
I’d opt for the extended warranty and a laptop sleeve. Besides that, a Macbook is all set right out of the box.
Snark….
1. To say that the entire system is broke because of speculation in places like FL, NV and elsewhere is a presumption that they throw out and then don’t defend.
2. To imply that renters over homeowners might spend more on “That means less spending on medical technology, or software, or alternative energy. ” is also not proven in any way, shape or form.
3. Yes, homeownership might tie people to blighted areas but also ties them to areas that have withstood blight.
4. I for one, have always been happier owning than renting.
5. To think that the mortgage deductibility will go away is ludicrous. You might as well bet that the sun isn’t going to rise tomorrow. For better or worse, but a reality, nonetheless.
6.”Next, we need to encourage growth in the regions and cities that are best positioned to compete in the coming decades: the great mega-regions that already power the economy, and the smaller, talent-attracting innovation centers inside them—places like Silicon Valley, Boulder, Austin, and the North Carolina Research Triangle.” This is what creates regional bubbles anyway….like Silicon Valley!!!!!!!!!
7. Finally, they forget to address the underlying long-term economic reality of home ownership over the long term…..ONCE YOUR MORTGAGE IS PAID, YOU LIVE RENT FREE IN YOUR SENIOR YEARS. Yes, many people don’t make intelligent geographic decisions and do get stuck in high RE tax states (NJ) but the flight to FL and NV was a response by many of the elderly to escape high tax states and I’m sure that, despite whether or not they have lost money i their retirement home, they are very, very happy in those places. paying no state income taxes and having low property taxes.
Question for all you Mac users:
Thinking of running and picking up my first macbook at lunch today – anything i should make sure I have on it? I’m only going to be using it for music, photos and maybe messing around with a few spreadsheets from work. advice?
I’m not saying that I agree with any of it, but this was the last part of an interesting article:
* http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200903/meltdown-geography/6
“So how do we move past the bubble, the crash, and an aging, obsolescent model of economic life? What’s the right spatial fix for the economy today, and how do we achieve it?
The solution begins with the removal of homeownership from its long-privileged place at the center of the U.S. economy…
If anything, our government policies should encourage renting, not buying. Homeownership occupies a central place in the American Dream primarily because decades of policy have put it there. A recent study… shows that…homeowners are no happier than renters…
And while homeownership has some social benefits… it is costly to the economy… those places with higher homeownership rates also suffer from higher unemployment. Homeownership…is a more important predictor of unemployment than rates of unionization or the generosity of welfare benefits… it ties people to declining or blighted locations…
As homeownership rates have risen, our society has become less nimble… This sort of creeping rigidity in the labor market is a bad sign for the economy, particularly in a time when businesses, industries, and regions are rising and falling quickly.”
Yeah, that’s all I need is brownstoner on my mobile phone!!!!! Talk about “Get a life!!!” LOL
Or maybe she’s got it mastered, and just demonstrating the lack of recreation options.
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Get brownstoner on your mobile phone? Really??
Not only that but apparently you lose some brain cells down there and can’t master that posting thing very well.