29 Aug
2006
29 Aug
'06
2:47 p.m.
>> How many here are objecting to the idea of a
Pentium as a classic
because the PC killed their favorite platform.
I object to Pentiums (and for that matter, 486s and most 386 stuff too) as
classics because there's absolutely nothing classic about them. Yes, some
people might collect them, and maybe someday we'll look back on Pentiums
with longing. But right now they are just taking up space on our desks and
landfills.
How about we definie what's classic as "things that have some character"
...
so in a few years from now we can accept an iMac because it was something
with freaking character to it. I'll admit that ** even ** some otherwise
dull WinTel machines had character. But most didn't, don't currently, and
never will.