SORRY FOR DELAY – its bit a while I know!Have had some health issues and been super busy, and I had not realized it
had been a while since my last newsletter and some of you asked me where it was!
Well – I have had a few thoughts 🙂MOJAVE ODDITIES – Office 2011 is being killed!If you have upgraded to Mojave – there are several things you need to know!Office 2011 which I’ve used for years is being killed. It wont run anymore! Afterthe second mojave update, NO 32 bit software packages will be permitted to runand – you guessed it! Office 2011 is a 32 bit package.Microsoft has stated they will NOT produce a 64 bit package of it (though theydo provide both 32 and 64 bit versions of Office 2016) – and so folks – thats i!You have to upgrade ot Office 2016 – no choice!Why not Office 365? Well — Office 365 is their subscription package – and costs $99per year – for the rest of your life!Office 2016 (which we can install on your system for about $90) – is good forever!
APPLECARE vs APPLECARE PLUS Warranty whats the difference?
Our i-NINE 2018 Macbook pro 15in has APPLECARE PLUS warranty on it – and thatdeserves some explanation!
Normal applecare warranty covers factory defect and failure only. If YOU spill liquid on it
Thats on YOU. Or you break the screen – yikes!
Applecare PLUS is a new offering (it adds about $400 to the pricetag of the mac!) – and Apple
gives you TWO get out of jail free (or much reduced price) cards!
You can use them for problems that YOU caused! and the (normally huge) Apple repair will bereduced to $99 or $299 (depending on what happened) – that is a SUBSTANTIAL discount!!
But – you only can use them twice. The third incident – well – you are on your own!SSD Amusement! And whats difference among SSDs?We have had a number of customers bring us their SSD’s they bought on ebay or amazonand cant get them going! Well there are a number of reasons why this ishappening. In the Mac world, 2015 and 2013-2014 macbook pro/air SSDdrives LOOK identical – but they are not! the 2015 are 4 lane SSD’s (fastertransfers) and the older units are 2-lane SSDs. Even though they are physicallyinterchangeable, the older units simply cannot recognize the newer drives so theydont work right! In the PC world – there are MSata SSD’s and about a dozen flavorsof M.2 SSD. The MSata’s are shorter and fatter, and emulate a SATA interface, muchmore like the older platter drives. M.2 Drives are longer thinner of different versions
(M key, B key B&M Key and A key) and different lengths! You have to make sure YOURunit gets the SSD that fits! Call us with any problems!
THE ELDEST GEEK GOLD & SILVER
Among the many things we did in the Mt Vernon Antique Center was get involved in buying & sellingantiques (a bit) and gold and silver (QUITE a bit!) I’m an official Precious Metals Dealer – and I can
assess and help you find homes for any unwanted items of this kind! Give me a call and I’ll bedelighted to answer any questions. I give quite a bit more than pawn shops or jewelers! Email me
at cdb@theeldestgeek.com!ADOPTION CORNERI have a nice Canon T5 camera – and a Fuji X100S for sale. Come have a peek at them!
Also have a Sony E6400 that I’m selling for $1000 🙂AND a full frame Sony A7iiR one! come have a look!
Have a new Gear Sport in its box.And from our website? our Official List – all with 6 month warranty, and prices are negotiable 🙂DESCRIPTION BRAND PRICE
Aspire R 11 Convertible intel Pentium quad core 1.6ghz, 32gb Acer 150
Macbook Pro 2012, i7, 16gb RAM Apple 750
Macbook Pro 2017, 13in TB i5 2.3ghz,8gb RAM Apple 1200
Macbook Pro 2014 13in retina. 3ghz i7 16gb 256gb MAX! Apple 750
Macbook Pro 2017 13in TB 16gb 3.5g i7 512gb MAX! Apple SOLD
Macbook pro 2018 15in **i9** 32gb of ram!!YES an i-NINE not i7!!
STILL UNDER APPLECARE PLUS till 2021. WILL TRANSFER OWNERSHIP! Apple 2700
Macbook Pro 2016 PreTouch, i5, 16gb RAM Apple SOLD
Imac 21″ mid 2011, i5, 2.5ghz, 4gb RAM, 1tb HDD Apple 400
Asus GL703V – /2.8GHz Intel Core i7 Asus 750
Asus q30tl i5-5200u @2.2 ghz, 8gb RAM Asus 150
Dell Inspiron 17 7786 2-in-1 i7-8565U,16gb DDR4 Dell SOLD
Dell Latitude 7480, i5-7300U, 8gb RAM DDR4 Dell 400
HP EliteBook 8540p – i5-520M 2.4GHz HP 100
HP g62-340US – AMD Athlon II Dual-Core (2.20 GHz) HP 150
HP Elitebook 840 G3 I7-6600 2.6ghz, 8gb RAM HP 350
HP Envy TouchScreen 15, i7-4700mq, 2.4ghz, 8gb RAM HP 350
HP ProBook 640 G1, i5-4200m, 2.5ghz, 4gb RAM HP 150
Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E535, 4gb RAM, AMD a8 Lenovo 150
Lenovo G780, i7-3632QM, 2.2ghz, 8gb RAM Lenovo 325
Microsoft Surface Pro 3, 64gb, 1.9GHz Intel Core i5-4300U Microsoft 200
