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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

Bill, you miss the point. He is not dumb for wanting to run Windows, he is
dumb for gutting a $3,000 computer, to turn it into a $200 hack in a fancy
case. If he was determined to put a PC in a G5 case, he could have returned
the $3,000, top-of-the-line G5, and gotten the bottom-of-the-line G5 and
gotten $1,300 cash back for the parts for the project. That would only make
him dumb, dumb.

But, he didn't. That's why he is dumb, dumb, dumb.

Would you pay $3,000 for a computer case?

David

On 1/29/04 8:46 AM, "geschwin AT email.unc.edu" <geschwin AT email.unc.edu> wrote:

> <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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