Resurrecting Sweetie
When Valerie's iPad 2 (she calls it "Sweetie") started showing symptoms reminiscent of our own geriatric issues, we were uncertain how to proceed among a number of options: used or new, trade-in or straight purchase, Apple or competitor. She uses Sweetie extensively but within a narrow range of its capabilities, and so we considered moving to something quite different, more tailored to what she actually does. Enter Michelle Ryther of PowerMax to walk us through the forest, which she did expertly, expeditiously, and in a friendly manner that never left us feeling we were being manipulated by the sales department. We're very content with the new iPad 5th Generation (Valerie still calls it "Sweetie") we bought from PowerMax on Michelle's recommendation: not the most expensive of our options, but new and shiny and packaged with the excellence we've expected from Apple since the early 1980s. And the interpersonals were good enough to make us wish Oregon weren't so far away. Thanks again, Michelle!