Nuke Redmond!

From: Doug Salot <doug_at_blinkenlights.com>
Date: Fri Jan 12 17:25:31 2001

Check your FCC code. Last time I looked, Dell and Winbook laptops were
made by the same company in Taiwan.

-- Doug

On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:

> I don't know what that says about DELL. My Winbook ran for over a year
> without ever being shut down. Its main purpose was to serve as the comm
> station while my modem was on load to my mother. Unfortunately, I'm still
> waiting for the replacement battery, since I ruined the battery in the
> process.
>
> Dick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo_at_siconic.com>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 12:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Nuke Redmond!
>
>
> > On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> >
> > > Moreover, I have had a couple of Windows machines (still have one, the
> other
> > > went with my elder son) that seldom if ever have to be restarted. Of
> > > course, they're portables, so the hardware environment is much better
> > > controlled than in a desktop, and the inherent limitations mitigate the
> risk
> > > of unfavorable hardware/software interactions.
> >
> > I buy nothing but Dell now, a good system that is as tightly integrated
> > with Windows as any machine out there. I have one at home, and one at the
> > office. Yet I have to reboot each on average once a week.
> >
> > > and bought concurrently with much earlier versions of the OS. My brief
> > > encounter with UNIX systems (SUN) taught me that in order to have a
> > > functional system, the system has to be rebuilt every time there's a new
> > > module installed, AND all the software needs to be revised. That means
> > > about 6 weeks of downtime every time anything is revised, be it a serial
> > > port driver or an application patch. To have the system "up" most of
> the
> >
> > Bullshit.
> >
> > Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
> Festival
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> >
>
Received on Fri Jan 12 2001 - 17:25:31 GMT

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