Re: Love and Hate


On 28-Jun-2005, Joe Zitzelberger <joe_zitzelberger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That is funny. It isn't because there are 30 times as many bought, it
> is because the Compaqs, Dells and various other wintel brands tend to be
> junk that will not last. They remind me of the 'planned obsolescence'
> that Detroit used to do. Even if you do buy the greatest box in the
> world, Micro$oft is going to make it useless when it releases the
> 'revolutionary new OS' that it releases every other year.

I haven't bought a new computer because the computer nor the OS stopped working
as well as it used to. I've bought new computers because I ran more and bigger
applications. This is not exclusively a Wintell thing - Apples, Unix boxes,
mainframes, and even Crays have the same path.

Actually the Windows environment makes it difficult to upgrade, especially for
people who buy applications on-line which get registered in the registry. I
know people who want to buy new computers, but are afraid that they will lose
stuff.
.

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