Buy an Apple Mac instead of a PC. I’ve been using mini-computers and PCs since they were invented and since I develop software for a living, I’ve been mostly using PCs since that’s where my business lay. After nearly 30 years I got fed up with Windows, especially Vista, so I finally splurged and bought a Mac. It’s worth the extra money, nearly double the cost of a PC.
Archive for January, 2009
Are you trying to decide between buying a Mac or a Windows PC?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When will congress take our economic survival seriously?
Posted in energy, energy policy, politics, public policy, renewable energy, tagged government spending, obama, retirement, stimulous plan on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today the senate decided that they had to mess with the stimulous package by playing politics instead of trying to do the right thing. They want to give everyone on social security $300. I’m sure everyone on social security is thrilled with the idea, yet we already know that todays recipients are receiving far more [...]
Congressional Stimulus Includes $20 Billion for Clean Energy
Posted in energy, investing, public policy, renewable energy on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Congress is about to pass a stimulus package that includes $20 billion for clean energy. This is better than no action at all, but a far smarter choice would be to support the Profitable Renewable Energy concept. The plan is called the PRE-Plan and it wouldn’t cost the federal government anything and it would raise [...]
Will we be able to retire?
Posted in economy, energy, energy policy, government, investing, tagged economy, investing, pension plans, retirement, retirement savings on January 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’m pretty well off relative to most people and now I’m starting to doubt my ability to retire, so I can’t even imagine how the people of lesser means will ever make it. We are being hit from all sides, and scratch the surface just a little, and you’ll find some greedy bastard at the [...]