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[Bill Geschwind <geschwin AT email.unc.edu>]

If he had actually paid for it then yes, he would be dumb for it. However 
he got it as a gift, so he didn't spend $3000 on that case. Would I mod 
something I got for free into something I could use? Hell yes! He also said 
that he did not want to return the $3000  box in order to not piss off his 
parents, once again since it was a gift. 

- Bill
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:47:32 -0500 David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com> 
wrote:
>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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