Computers- feh!

[jennifervescent]

My desktop went tits up. I knew it was coming as evidenced by the most awful noises coming from the hard drive. Fortunately I backed up as best I could to my ancient East German laptop, but it's barely limping along as well.

What to do?

I wanna go Mac.  The most economical version would be to get a Mac Mini for $600 and hook it up to my remaining

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[clamnebula]

I'm guessing that the kitty thyroid treatment that you're talking about is of the radioactive isotope type. I balked at the price myself when one of my cats was ill, but with an earlier cat I had opted for a strictly meds-based (and cheaper) thyroid control approach, but apparently a certain number of cats can get a really bad reaction to the drugs, and unfortunately she died as a result. When the my other cat also got the same disease, I was pretty guilt-ridden from my earlier experience, so I opted for the radiation treatment for her. My bill for that was like $900 or so, but my cat did live for another 3-4 years. It's not an easy decision to make.

OTOH, when I had a Sears card about 8 years ago, I decided I would either get a bed or a computer (or both) with my credit. I had never owned a computer at the time (did have WebTV tho, yuck!), and my bed was already about 15 years old and in rough shape. Sears actually sold Apple stuff at the time, and I could've bought an iMac easily, but I ended up getting a more expensive Sony laptop instead. I'm on my third computer now, but I still have the same bed, and it's in even worse shape. If only I'd bought the iMac *and* the bed, I'd be a much happier person now!

[jennifervescent]

Thanks for the good review on the radioactive isotope treatment. They've recently opened a clinic here in Austin that does it, but they're more expensive than other places. But the other nearest place is SanAntonio and Spot doesn't do well in the car (and sedation didn't work). I've already spent almost $300 just to get the initial consultation and some x-rays (Spot has a heart murmur and they wanted to make sure there weren't any major problems related to that which might affect his lifespan.) How old was your kitty upon receiving the treatment?

Why do you think the iMac would have been better?