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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1947922" data-attributes="member: 396914">You might want to look into Starlink for internet access. All it needs is power to get you online. And it can run on very low power needs, so you might even get away with solar panels to power it. Good speeds, low latency (delay) and not dependent on any local towers or stations. I don't think it's as bad as you are making it. Life is actually easier when the tech is up-to-date as there are fewer &quot;tricks&quot; you have to do to use it. If you let the tech fall behind, you'll be looking for a browser to be able to try to get online to your financial institution(s), to buy anything online, etc. Browsers are available for older systems, up to a limit, but tech moves on. I would recommend that you stop over-thinking it and trying to make modern tech work the way older tech did. Doing that is like shifting an automatic transmission like you did on the old stick-shift. I suspect 95% or more of what you do is contained within Photos and Safari. So don't worry about the rest that may be offered/touted and learn Photos and Safari. Make the machine do what YOU want to do and ignore the rest. I call it &quot;stop wrestling with the tech and start wrestling with the problem you want to solve.&quot; So, what is it you want to DO, in non-tech terms?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1947922, member: 396914"] You might want to look into Starlink for internet access. All it needs is power to get you online. And it can run on very low power needs, so you might even get away with solar panels to power it. Good speeds, low latency (delay) and not dependent on any local towers or stations. I don't think it's as bad as you are making it. Life is actually easier when the tech is up-to-date as there are fewer "tricks" you have to do to use it. If you let the tech fall behind, you'll be looking for a browser to be able to try to get online to your financial institution(s), to buy anything online, etc. Browsers are available for older systems, up to a limit, but tech moves on. I would recommend that you stop over-thinking it and trying to make modern tech work the way older tech did. Doing that is like shifting an automatic transmission like you did on the old stick-shift. I suspect 95% or more of what you do is contained within Photos and Safari. So don't worry about the rest that may be offered/touted and learn Photos and Safari. Make the machine do what YOU want to do and ignore the rest. I call it "stop wrestling with the tech and start wrestling with the problem you want to solve." So, what is it you want to DO, in non-tech terms? [/QUOTE]

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