12 Aug
2007
12 Aug
'07
9:16 a.m.
On 12 Aug 2007 at 13:10, Stroller wrote:
When I got that workstation home I was *so* pleased
with it. I wiped
the dust off it with a damp cloth and stood back and admired it, then
started taking it apart. (That old monkey curiosity, eh?) I was so
impressed with how solid & well-made it was - each piece of FAR
better quality than the commodity PC hardware I was familiar with
(despite having paid ?115 for one of the first 56k PCI modems).
So shall it ever be, it seems. We used to joke about how poorly most
S100 equipment was made (as compared to the Multibus stuff).
At one time, there *were* high-quality PCs being produced for the
commercial use market. Even some of the old Deskpros were pretty
well constucted. I still use a 600MHz P3 as my mail server. Old HP
commercial PCs are similarly well thougt out. There may still be
such animals--but I haven't bought a new PC in years.
But let's face it--today's consumer PCs by and large are designed for
a year or two of operating life. They're essentially disposable
items. People upgrade even when they don't have to--and sometimes
the upgrade path is forced by software bloat (but I'm not going to
climb onto that horse right now).
If Apple wants to over-engineer their consumer products, then good
for them. I predict that the trend won't last, however.
Cheers,
Chuck