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Yeah, I'm scared of that, although Dr. Google suggests I may be able to clean some shit out and help it relatively easily. I'm still scared to open my computer, but maybe will try it?
When I had my first fan problem (my computer would turn off after a couple of hours), I tried a few different things that didn't really work (compressed air, opening it). What finally did was blowing really hard on the fan area while the laptop was closed. I wish I were kidding. Then I had no problems for maybe a year or so. Of course, the fan did eventually break which is why I bought my new computer. Fixing the fan would have been about $150, and I didn't think that made sense for a 5-year old laptop with a problematic power cord connection (What? BUT IT STILL WORKED!).
It's got one of those little nub thingies in addition to the touchpad.
The clit mouse? I liked those!
What finally did was blowing really hard on the fan area while the laptop was closed. I wish I were kidding.
I have done that! I figure I can futz around with some stuff before the late-summer sales and then decide.
Theo,
My response to your question is complicated by the fact that Quicken for the Mac is still ass-cakes. I don't understand why the product can function well for PC, but they haven't been able to get the Mac version right. That is the one thing I cannot find a solution that I LOVE for the mac.
At this point, I would probably recommend you look into Ibank and Mint.com - I think together they would probably afford you all the flexibility you need in a mac native wrapper.
I like the touch point more than touchpads, generally -- felt more responsive, didn't move my fingers off the keys as much. Since my old job used Thinkpads exclusively, I knew a lot of people who hated the pointer with a passion.
I suppose I could switch to Quicken on my PC, too -- theoretically, though, at least with the laptop, I can take it with me when I travel.
It may well be that Mac Quicken 2011 (or whatever) is enough advanced over Quicken 2004 that I will feel like I traded up.
I suppose I'm going to have to do some real goddamned research on this, you know? SIGH
That is the one thing I cannot find a solution that I LOVE for the mac.
Me neither. I use iBank, but I kind of hate it.
(What I really miss is the old MS Money that came with my Dell waaaaaaaaaay back when. Like, Win98 way back when. But it was a kickass finance program.)
Ibank is ALMOST what I want, but the UI is not good.
If you had a choice would you go for Quicken online or your own locally-owned copy? Not a theoretical question for me, my old iBook has Quicken 2004, which is the ONLY thing I'm using it for now, and I may as well decide what I'm going to do with it on the new MacAir.
Theo, I had Quicken 2005 (or possibly it was 2004) on my iBook, and it runs fine on Snow Leopard on my new MacBook Pro.
So if you want to keep using it and just transfer everything over, you might want to give it a shot.
Theo, afaict there isn't a Mac Quicken 2011, there's Quickbooks, which does way more than I need, and Quicken Essentials, which doesn't do a lot of what I want it to do. I'm using Quicken 2007, I think, and it's a little buggy, but not enough to make me want to downgrade to an earlier version.
I just don't trust having all my financial information in a web-based app, nsm for security concerns (I do my banking online, after all) but fear that I won't be able to get to my data when I need it, for some reason.
