2013-01JAN-29 Chromebook; no bluetooth

How did I ever miss that?

Argh!

That's a fatal flaw!!!

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2013-01JAN-05 Maybe the answer

Buy the cheapest Apple OSX box -- refurb (that gives me MARSEDIT, SCRIVNER, and TEXTER),

AND

the cheapest WINDOZE 8 box I can find (that gives me Office).

Hmmm, that's about 1500 as opposed to almost 3k to buy snazzy MACBOOKPRO.

Or just limp along with lots of platform.

Argh!

No easy answers.

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2013-04JAN-04 Vik suggests Ubuntu

An excellent suggestion for the out of support balky MACBOOKAIR.

Doesn't get me the MACOSX software I've gotten used to: MARSEDIT, SCRIVNER, and TEXTER.

But it does salvage the box from the no-zip sorting bin.

Still leaves me stuck.

Do I buy another OSX box. MACBOOKAIR or MACBOOKPRO. And, do I really want to buy ANOTHER ticket on the Apple express to obsolesence.

Argh!?

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2013-01-03 Maybe I've got to admit my mistake

I was trying to find an alternative to the unsupported problem-plagued MACBOOKAIR.

I am a refugee from Microsoft rotting OPS.

Doesn't look like CHROMEBOX or CHROMEBOOK will fill my need.

I like SCRIVNER, MARSEDIT, and TEXTEXPANDER on the MACBOOKAIR.

So, revisiting my options:

(1) Sometype of APPLE box (Not happy with the planned obselence); or

(2) Sometype of WINDOZE box with OFFICE. (Hate to get back on that treadmill again.)

Argh!

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