5 Aug
2006
5 Aug
'06
10:52 p.m.
When will the flamewar ever end? Is x86 the magical
trolling word around
here? I'm real sorry, I never knew that mentioning x86 systems here
would cause such a dicussion.
Really, x86 isn't that bad when you consider that all of its failings are the reason
for its triumph:
you can get a working computer that does everything that a single-user needs for $600, and
it will have
decent reliability and capabilities. The disappointment comes in playing mind games to the
effect of "well, think
what we could have if they just spent a bit more..." That and a disappointment that
many "Computer Science/IT"
people think that Windows is so great that they won't bother to consider or even learn
anything else.
I'll try to moderate myself. I don't want to be a grumpy old fart at 28, and it
does increase list civility.