8 Nov
2006
8 Nov
'06
1:34 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin at xenosoft.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: lisadraw
On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, John Foust wrote:
And I would have grabbed my pencil and a pad of paper before you could
figure out which surge strip powered which computer and printer. Do people
really need a computer for a grocery list? I find looking through the fridge
and cupboards with a notepad in hand to much faster.
TZ
I don't know what's with you retro kids
these days. Back in the
old days, speed was cool. You wanted a faster machine. Now that
the most whizzy machines are 1/100th the price (in inflation-adjusted
dollars) you're still playing with the stuff in the dumpster.
Programs still start more quickly on a faster CPU.
example:
I want to type a grocery list
start a RS M100, Coco, M1, Apple][, Osborn, N*, and a "modern" machine.
I can be finished typing, and printing before the "modern" machine has
finished booting.