13 Oct
2012
13 Oct
'12
1:41 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at neurotica.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: Skipware level, late 2012
On 10/13/2012 03:51 PM, TeoZ wrote:
No, not at all! [rolls eyes]
The clueless who get the malware tend to pay the local part time tech kid
$50 to wipe the system and start over or sell it to those same techs so they
can buy a new machine.
It could have been a gamer or home graphics artists that wanted a newer
system or one that had a higher RAM ceiling. Generally people who take the
HD and video card out are not the usual grandma with a virus issue.
It
probably "got slow" or "got viruses" and, as such, needed to be put
in the trash.
Morons.
Their stupidity is your gain, good score!
> It's jolly nice and very fast, though!
I guess you never ran into anyone who uses a computer for a living and
needs to upgrade every few years to something faster? Some people would
rather just keep their data drive (maybe the video card was something
special as well) and give a machine away then recycle it or try to sell
it when they are done with it.
So how many people who are such "power users", i.e., somehow NEED to
"upgrade" to something faster, for whom a 3GHz C2D is "too slow",
work in
environments where things are given away via FreeCycle? I'm sure it
happens, but in general, that doesn't make much sense.
On the other hand, I'm offered PCs that "got slow" or "got
viruses" (so
maybe I can "use the parts", heh) at least monthly.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA