>>> Why are so many upset about stupid MP3 players? >> Steve, it's not really about the MP3 players; it's about the biases of some >> list members and their refusal to be rational where anything to do with >> Microsoft is concerned. >> >> If it were just about the players, I would have quit long ago. The problem >> is that people come here for unbiased advice and sometimes they're not >> getting it.
>Sometimes comparing technology feature by feature isn't enough. Personal >preferences are important whether they're based on specs or price or the >shocking pink case, or all three. Old tech--new tech, doesn't matter as >long as it gets the desired result--or close to it. Well said Betty. Case in point. A co-worker is looking for a laptop for her son to take to college. Her budget is $1,000. Her son *wants* a MacBook Pro and doesn't want to consider anything else. I suggested a MacBook since it's only a little out of her price range, but from what she says, he claims it's not "good" enough, but can't site specific examples of why or what he needs the more expensive model for. The reasoning seems to be if a MacBook is cool, then a top-flight MacBook Pro would be even cooler. >Good thread; kind of long; there's no accounting for taste. And that's >better--what makes this list so much fun [especially creative insults >and insights]! The only downside is it starts getting predictable, although the levels (or depths) people get to can be interesting. Maybe for the next go-round (or the next iteration on this discussion), we can start using Monty Python sayings? "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!" Larry ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
