Re: OT - need computer help

In article <Pine.BSF.4.56.0507270957210.16171@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
shelly <scouvrette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>true. but she's already got that in her current computer,
>right? along with, i'll bet you, the ability to word process.
>she just doesn't know how to use the equipment, which is a
>problem she'll have to address if she buys a new computer.
>so it seems to me that buying a new machine won't actually
>solve her problem.

If the issue here is with interpersonal boundaries rather
than with technology, buying a new computer may indeed help
solve the problem by allowing her to say "this is mine, keep
your mitts off it."
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Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - shore@xxxxxxxxx

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