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  • From: <geschwin AT email.unc.edu>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] About the dumbest thing I have ever seen...
  • Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 08:46:55 -0500

<Devil's Advocate> I know it might be hard for some of you out there
to fathom this, but there actually **are** people out there who PREFER
a Wintel machine over a closed hardware platform. Also, there are
people who prefer to have a machine that has an operating system and
software that they are already familiar with rather than have to learn
a whole new system. So he simply modified that machine to get
something that he wants. Besides, this was certainly not the first
time that a Mac has been modded into a Wintel machine. Calling
somebody dumb for modifying what he got into something that he wants
is being a bit harsh there...</Devil's Advocate>

- Bill


Quoting "David R.Matusiak" <dave AT matusiak.org>:

> On Wednesday, January 28, 2004, at 09:57 PM, David Minton wrote:
>
> > I think this site has made lists around the world, and is getting
> > hammered.
> > It is up though--I just looked at it again.
> >
> > But talk about dumb, he says he mainly uses the computer for
> ripping
> > music/DVDs--and to do this he traded a pair of 2GHz G5 processors
> for a
> > single 2200 Athlon. My guess it would have been able to rip 2-3
> times
> > faster
> > in its original configuration.
>
> he didn't want to "wait for the software."
>
> ??
>
> this person is capable of completely rebuilding a computer, but they
>
> cannot fathom that the machine came with software installed?
>
> <thinks nasty words to self>
>
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