I did not intend that you should go out and single handedly try to destroy the American economy. To the contrary, I was encouraging immediate consumption. The feature the current model lacks may not be as important as some think it is.
>I still watch my 1984 Sony 25" xbr set and my v3 fone purchased in early >2005 and have, at present, no plans to replace it since it works fine with >improvements to the firmware/software that I have installed and new case >parts purchased and installed by yours truly as well. I drove a 1984 Chev >S10 Blazer until last summer when I got a Toyota even though the truck was >still running. My wife drove a 1987 VW Golf also still running when she >gave it up (kicking&screaming) for a Jetta wagon around the same time. She >still gives me a hard time over that and claims she would like the previous >car back. Obsolescence is a myth; if the thing works for me, I don't melt >with envy over a screen rotation scheme. My v3 will show webpages in >landscape via a hacked version of my favorite browser from Russia. I hardly >use it that way. My windows95 TI TM4000m 20mb/3gb laptop was in constant >use until I finally gave in a couple of years ago and got a refurb dell pIV2 >when the maxed ram on the laptop became stressful. If it had the capacity >for more ram, I might still be using it. Conspicuous consumption!! Arrrgh!! ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
