30 Sep
2005
30 Sep
'05
9:26 a.m.
Am 29 Sep 2005 20:38 meinte Tony Duell:
> Eh. Dump the 10 year rule and cut off at 1994.
> At some point post-1990 computers became
near-pure commodity. It's
> like collecting toasters. There are intersting models, but not in
> the way that say 1960s or even 1970s are -- pretty much ANY
> computer from the 70s and even 80s is "interesting". Pretty much
> anything post-MSDOS is deadly dull -- with exceptions of course.
I think you've 'hit the nail on the head'.
But there really is nothing special about 99% of
Wintel boxes.
See, but the remaining 1% is what I realy like. And as
tighter the 'Standard' became, as more interesting are
the ways designer tried to add something that would
make their work worthwhile.
Gruss
H.
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