[BNM] New laptop - XP or Vista?

[Tom Dussek (Hotmail)]

Oh, Jesus. First you recommend a DK publication as anything other than 
ineptly nailed together nonsense, and then you cite the most idiotic of 
analogies in some sub-'90s Mac/PC debate. Guy, STOP IT! Jesus - do you 
really think that a computer, with all its potential for good and bad, 
is just a f*cking TOASTER!? Or is it that you have you done some 
government contracts lately?

Tom Dussek


Guy Tierney wrote:
> But the whole point in a 'device' is that you know how to use it - think
> toaster - its obvious.
> 
> If you have to spend much time learning how to use a device its become part
> of your work rather than a tool to get work done.
> 
> gt
> 
> 
> on 25/4/07 5:10 pm, Rob Beattie at rob.beattie at gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> Dave Phelan wrote:
>> Normal consumers accept that PCs crash, lose
>> data, get infected with
>> worms and viruses, and fail in mysterious
>> ways because *they have no
>> other choice*. You listen to enough
>> conversations about PCs, you'll
>> come to realise this.
>>
>> But that's also because the same people don't
>> bother to learn anything about the device
>> they're using and get into tangles. It's a
>> vicious circle.
>>
>> rob
> 
>