You're right. I wouldn't care if my machine thought it was 1901 right now. If I can
connect to the internet and play games, I'm happy. I happen to like obsolete
computers over newer ones at times. Apple Color Classic. Boots fast, low problems.
HP Pavilion 8580C @ 500 MHz. Takes 3 minutes to boot, crashes a lot. If you're
running DOS, there's pretty much no need for CTRL+ALT+DELETE. Sometimes with Win 3.1.
--- "Robert R. Little" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>Every now and then, I feel the need to blow off steam, and since this
>seems like a good place to do so...
>
>I am really tired at how the PC world has become so darn obsolescence
>inducing. Daily, I see machines simply being dumped because "they aren't
>current". Now, with Windows XP being introduced, even 500 mHz is
>considered slow. MicroSoft has made keeping up with the Joneses the order
>of the day.
>
>I remember, not so very long ago (geologically), that everybody was
>consumed with recycling. Many areas still are. Recycling PC's is a task
>that simply isn't going to happen. Even donating these machines to many
>thrift stores or other charitable organizations isn't a guarantee that
>they'll be used. Recently, a nearby thrift store was forced to throw away
>many good computers, and not just PC's. There were Mac's in that
>dumpster; IIfx's, a Classic, and a Quadra. I could only salvage a lone
>Mac monitor, for in their haste to rid themselves of this "junk", they
>simply tossed (tossed!) these computers one on top of the other, pretty
>much smashing the Classic's CRT and every other Mac case. The only other
>computer that was salvageable was a lone IBM PS/2 Model 55 SX. Why
>couldn't they be sold, even though they were marked all the way down to
>$1 a piece? Because, according to the store manager, they were just
>obsolete. I asked her why, and she proceeded to tell me that the fella
>who comes in to repair the machines told her that the older PC's (486 and
>slower) and the Macs weren't Y2K compliant. And this is what he was
>telling all of the customers...
>
>What a bloody waste!
>
>On the upside, it certainly makes for increasing ones collection easy...
>
>Robert "Kentucky Bob" Little-Pascarella
>
>Centris 660 AV - Atalanta
>Performa 578 - Sophie
>SE - Selena
>SE FD/HD - Sela
>Classic - Chloe
>Portable - Galatea
>LC II - Rhea
>IIsi - Si
>Apple IIe - Castor
>Apple IIe Platinum - Pollux
>Apple IIgs ROM 1 - Ariadne
>Apple IIgs ROM 3 - Psyche
>Tandy Model 102 - Tandy
>Toshiba Satellite - Toshi
>IBM EduQuest 45 - Ariel
>IBM PS/2 Model 70 - Umbriel
>
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