Comments on Fundraising Nerd: I Think It May Be Worse Than ME

F.A., but, what household object will I spend hour...

2009-09-01T17:27:22.125-07:00

F.A., but, what household object will I spend hours cursing at if I get a Mac? Watch out toaster.

Martin, thanks for the suggestions on linux. I may...

2009-09-01T17:26:21.345-07:00

Martin, thanks for the suggestions on linux. I may just have to catch up with the times one of these days. And yeah, I think your laptop can kick my laptop's a--! I'm glad it has no need.

A nice sleek, beautiful Mac for next time!! :-)

2009-08-31T20:14:40.024-07:00

A nice sleek, beautiful Mac for next time!! :-)

Windows is absolutely infuriating, but with a lot ...

2009-08-18T15:09:18.414-07:00

Windows is absolutely infuriating, but with a lot of development offices using it, in the past you used to have to go with Windows just to be compatible.

But that might be changing now. So much fundraising stuff is done online now, and file formats like .docx are better at moving between operating systems. I've been using Linux for a long time, with Windows XP as an alternate boot for "legacy clients" and their software. Here's my conversion story: http://bottleworld.net/?p=142

The newer versions of Linux are very good -- especially check out ubuntu and Kubuntu -- and extremely free. You can try them out using a "bootable CD" that won't install anything.

Good luck!

Yup. I admit it: I'm a masochist. Owning a P...

2009-08-18T12:58:53.579-07:00

Yup. I admit it: I'm a masochist. Owning a PC is like buying an old car because you know you can work on it in your own garage (and it's cheaper than a fancy new car), but you still have an old car that you have to work on all the time.

I'm caving. Buying a macbook for school as soo...

2009-08-17T08:40:19.158-07:00

I'm caving. Buying a macbook for school as soon as I get that loan money. good luck!