Thanks Kelly
Yeah, I can imagine you get the doom and gloom stares.
Unless they actually went through it -- horse to water kind of thing.
Hey, you did your part - gave 'em a heads up !
It really is a devastating loss.
Now, what's really weird is that S.M.A.R.T.
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. is not always that reliable.
Computers are very good at fibbing.
If you can get folks to go through the learning curve of:
www.ubuntu.com/download/desktopThen, that OS is pretty darn robust and very close to bullet-proof like DOS used to be.
I mean if Widows is like a glitzy toothpick house, then Ubuntu is like a Sherman Tank.
Android is the child of Linux and Ubuntu is a Linux distribution which closely resembles Windows in behavior.
I hope this helps.
– Burt B.