Bogleheads.org

I have had a 15" MacBook Pro (early-2008 model) as my primary computer for 4 years. I had noticed about 2 years ago that the machine had become noisy . I figured that it was either the hard drive or the fans. A couple of months ago, I successfully upgraded the hard drive to 750GB. The noise rem...

Thanks to everyone who has posted and provided their views.
Best wishes,
Rupert

jhd > Thank you for your very detailed and valuable response. E.g. why do you want a second home in San Francisco? - One of our sons is a renter in SF and has a job as a software engineer in downtown SF. He leases a room in a house. Our logic is to help him get better situated and to have a weekend ...

My wife and I have been talking about buying a second home in San Francisco. Our budget tops out at $750K although we'd prefer to pay less. We have lived in the Bay area for over a decade but don't have much of an idea about the neighborhoods of San Francisco. We are interested in finding out about ...

I am in Silicon Valley. I had both eyes operated upon for cataracts recently by http://www.changcataract.com/ A relative who is an ophthalmologist suggested that I go to him because he is very well known as an expert and innovator. My eyes were operated upon 2 weeks apart. I chose simple lenses and ...

Hello I am 62 and have a large mortgage balance with a 24 year term left on it. I also have about the same amount in a Traditional IRA account. I plan to make payments on my mortgage using monthly withdrawals from that IRA. I believe that the amount of withdrawal will be reported as ordinary income....

We are hoping to do it better this time around. Background : I exercised stock options during the crazy Internet bubble days, hung on to them past the date when the shares had turned long term, did not have any orders in place to trigger a sale should there have been a serious decline. I lost a few ...

Hello, My wife and I are getting ready to take a week off and fly to Seattle in the 3rd week of August. We will spend three days in Seattle and then drive to the Vancouver, BC area for 2/3 days in a rental car. I'd appreciate any recommendations for accommodations and places to see. [I notice that d...

Hello, I need to find a room near UCLA to be near my son during his summer session for a month (7/6 - ). Weekly rental would also work. I have found Craigslist a bit hard to navigate because search by neighborhood capability is not there and I am not familiar with area. Santa Monica/Venice/Brentwood...

Hello, I have had earthquake insurance with Geovera on my house in the SF Bay area since 1999. The most recent renewal notice shows a premium of about $1,870 with a policy limit (insured value) of $970K. There is a 15% deductible. After years of ignoring this sizable outlay, I want to take look at d...

Hello, Q 1. I need to raise some cash and need to sell a portion of my I-Bonds. All of my holdings are over 5 year old. I have classified them in 5 buckets: Bucket ------------ Rate -------------- Yield A. ----------------- 6.11% ------------ 5.64% B. ----------------- 5.09% ------------ 4.61% C. --...