Win95 + irritable user WAS: Re: FS: Mac Plus

From: jpero_at_mail.cgo.wave.ca <(jpero_at_mail.cgo.wave.ca)>
Date: Sat Sep 6 13:36:25 1997

Sorry for ranting, I feel like one.
 
My mouth got shot off without enough thinking, was tired at that
time;
> > Yeah right, 300 bux, I would ask owner for more stuff to go with or
> > hack the price to 20 dollars. 300 dollars should be decent si or
> > IIfx box with a monitor.
> >
> > This is true sign of a Mac person who see things differently.
Oops I worded it wrongly...have a mercy on me!

Anyway you're correct that I should thought of this.
I wished this owner(s) took the initation and asked someone who knows
the typical values these days. From time to time, I check the paper
too and I was disgusted: Some wants 600cdn to 1000cdn for a 486 or
(shudders!) 386 complete system. Early types of Pentiums are joining
the old group real soon. (Referring to 60/66 and up to 100mhz
versions) But with care, can lug along happily with lots of
memory (read: cheaper method!) and upgrade the hd/video card. Too
often, I see that in comp.sys.laptops many asking for 300 for a
typical 386 laptop or notebook. That cost range now belongs to 486
33 to 100mhz notebooks. Used 1 or 2 yr old Pentium ones now fetches
under 1000 now. And sellers gets clobbered and a tractful new price
from other readers on 'net.

This reminds me to this relationship:
Yesterday, I was asked to put win95 on her pc as part of her
voc. education and I said slow down, I can not rush in and say yeah
and do it. Got to see her 486-33/8mb (gasp! hd
thrashing/crashing more possible, I've been there and done.) pc and
stared, look, no cdrom. And I was told by her that her husband
brought new system for her daughter at cool price of 8000 cdn and I
wondered about that price because her daughter needs a pc for her law
study at college, The typical use is WP use in that kind of area
even a $500-1000 base pentium system would fit very well for that!
Again with $8000, Easy to get 3 VERY decent P5 166/64mb/2.5GB/new
complete systems with truck loads of legal software for each
pc and a good laser printer or two to go with either two of them.

Gave her few polite suggestions to upgrade her system with cdrom,
more memory and possible whole pc rebuild with new parts because
the cost is not that bad then gave her nice thanks and left.
(cdrom drive is now a MUST item for every pc along with overdue
outdated 1.44 drive. <G>) Reason behind this putting 95 on old pc is
very impractial these days is: Win95 is very demanding OS than any
3.xx windows. And I really personally dislike win95 now because I now
have a minor problem with my pc (hardware all dandy and
working) forgot it's energy saving to blank the screen and power down
the monitor despite the all the settings are correct in my display
icon! Even changed the different vid card for another along with
correct driver d/l'ed from website. That dumb registry thing is
driving me crazy because it sometimes breaks and requires some work
by installing a unneeded option then uninstall it or reinstall other
things to get things fixed. Real easy to break it with novice users
as well. I want none of that ideas that Mr. Gates and funny PnP,
winmodems that came out. I do not understand this.

This win95 (blows) leads to other options which I am looking at
linux. Linux is very promising and I am learning to use it, trying
to upgrade my old 2 4+ yr old 386 portables first also currently
learning on my other pentium 75 o/c'ed to 100 lunchbox. Then install
it on main pc when I feel more confident to put it to real use. :)

> I don't really think a statement like this is necessary. I won't
> start
> a flame war over this nor do I think it's appropriate to discuss it much
> farther than to say that just because someone selects a price that's
> wrong doesn't mean they have ill intent. Mac people are no more or less
> likely to pick a too-high price than anyone else. In our local paper,
> Mac and PC people alike choose prices that are 10 times too high.
>
> It doesn't mean they're evil. It just means that they don't deal in
> computers on a regular basis and aren't familiar with market values.
>
> Anthony Clifton - WireHead Prime

Jason D.
Received on Sat Sep 06 1997 - 13:36:25 BST