Constance, when you go shopping are you saying you have ZERO criteria? NONE? You must be unbelievably rich. For the rest of us who have normal jobs, make normal amounts of money...money does have to come into play at some point.
Not everyone can live with the 'money is no object' attitude some have on this list. On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Constance Warner <cawar...@his.com> wrote: > I still say, that going shopping with preconceived notions and requirements > is fundamentally unrealistic. The real world does not organize itself > according to our wishes. If she's even thinking of buying a Mac [which from > context it's clear that she's NOT] she needs to look at Macs > overall--quality, price, everything. If price is the only criterion, well, > that's her choice; but if she wants a Mac at an unrealistically low > price--well, that's just wishful thinking. > > Cubic zirconia isn't fake anything; it's real cubic zirconia, and a lot of > fun. And an HP isn't a fake computer, but then a Tata Nano isn't a fake > car, either. It's just not the same as a Toyota or a Honda, for which one > can expect to pay a bit more. > > --Constance Warner > > > > On Mar 30, 2009, at 7:32 AM, Chris Dunford wrote: > > Well, if she started out her quest [for a laptop] with a set of >>> inflexible requirements that the real world might not be able to >>> meet--including parts of the real world like computer stores--she's >>> limited her options and determined the outcome of her shopping trip >>> before she's even started. >>> >>> It's like saying, "I want a flawless one-carat stone, but I require >>> that the ring should cost no more than $100." Guess what? You're >>> getting cubic zirconia! >>> >> >> Constance, wanting a laptop for under $1,000 is neither unreasonable nor >> impossible. The parts of the real world that are unable to meet her >> requirements are not "computer stores" but "Apple stores". >> >> As to cubic zirconia, the analogy doesn't hold because, your personal >> opinion of it notwithstanding, her HP is not a fake computer. >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
