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You can add another. I gave my last white iMac 24" as a replacement to my Father after his iMac packed it in. It has had a good run but my father needed something that runs AppleWorks. Unfortunately he lives in a much warmer locale than I and used…
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I have had quite a few Macs so am well versed in which ones were duds. 2 of them were the 24" white iMacs which had known overheating problems because of inadequate ventilation (shame on Apple for concealing this) which would cook the solder parti…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Flaneur Maybe next year we could take this up again, after you've had a chance to read and think a bit. Till then, best not to judge another for being a shallow materialist. Why what's happening next year? A ne…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Flaneur We're seven years into the Jobsian parallel to the Gutenberg revolution, which has been running things for 500 years. It's too early to write this new one off as stuck in this initial phase of hypnosis and nar…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TheWhiteFalcon Ah yes, the "Jobs hated charity" narrative. You realize Bill only donates because his wife pulled him into it, and he loves the recognition and the fact that he gets to advance many terrible (as i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY Clearly you don't as your own words show that you never questioned whether he may have donated in private or was harsh to employees to make them better. I clearly do, I questioned it and researched it.…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY I'd say that Jobs questioned things to a degree that you couldn't comprehend. How would you know? I question everything, including the frequently self projecting excuses many people make about others. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer Having been employed by him twice, I am well versed in his charities. And those of his wife before his death and after. Elaborate. You may have some evidence that we have not seen elsewhere.
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY If you do a search you'll find Apple execs talking about Steve's kindness as well as potential anonymous donations, like a $150,000,000 to the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Univer…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JDW No educated person should cast judgment on a book or film without having seen it first, with your own eyes. Since one among us has apparently seen the film and has informed us of its negativity ahead of time (…
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The only cases I have come across is of donations of Apple equipment, not in themselves significant donations, and much like that of a cigar tycoon giving away the odd sample.
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Really? Show me. I haven't found it and I looked just in case something slipped under the radar.
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Quote: Originally Posted by SolipsismY He was against charity or you just don't see him doing photo ops at soup kitchens or seeing him sign over comically large checks to the cause-of-the-year so you've labeled him as uncharitable? There i…
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...as opposed to all the hagiographies, so many, that only show his good side and gloss over his many failures? Or all the "if only Steve Jobs were alive today he'd never let this happen..." claims by "believers" you get in the forums, ignoring that…