13 Oct
2012
13 Oct
'12
1:49 p.m.
On 13/10/12 4:15 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 10/13/2012 04:09 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
Agreed 100%.
But is a 3GHz C2D really eight years old now?
No - and a sign of how absurd things have become.
--T
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.
My livelihood is not impaired by using an 8 year old machine and if they
stop to think, neither is most people's. It's the not-thinking part that is offensive.
(And don't get me started
on built-in obsolescence and the universality of throw-away-don't-repair
culture.)
Yep.
-Dave