13 Oct
2012
13 Oct
'12
1:09 p.m.
On 13/10/12 3:51 PM, TeoZ wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at
neurotica.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: Skipware level, late 2012
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.)
--T
It probably "got slow" or "got
viruses" and, as such, needed to be put
in the trash.
Morons.
Their stupidity is your gain, good score!
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.
It's jolly nice and very fast, though!
I bet!
-Dave