If it was some sort of 'WFB' trick, then your trick being the MFB is to exchange inexpensive for crummy. I never mentioned crummy...I said inexpensive, you made the inexpensive = crummy analogy.
*Not "going off" Mike, just not quite parsing your defense of crummy tools. So if I want to build a birdhouse, hang a picture or build something in the backyard I need crappy tools? If I already use professional tools, these projects are beneath those tools? Do you apply this to computers? If so, how do you do that? * I think this thread has run it's course, it's just going around in circles now. On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) < [email protected]> wrote: > I never mentioned cost as a requirement for quality. That seems to be a > WFB trap or argument trick. > > My mother is becoming very forgetful. A quality computer tool for her > is something easy to use. But I am talking about people who do > professional work and my long-retired mother does not qualify. > > I am an IT professional and my requirements are greater than hers. > > Thank you, > -----Original Message----- > > The problem is you seem to equate inexpensive with crap. I don't. I > don't > buy 'crappy' tools, I buy the tools that will do the job, whatever job, > well. I don't need a 400 dollar hammer because I don't use a hammer to > make > my living. If I already have that hammer, of course I'd use it, but I > don't > so I buy one that works for what I need it to work for. > > How would I apply this to computers? Easy. My mom will never in the > course > of the rest of her life ever, never, need more then a few gigs to store > data. She will also never, ever need a high end graphics card so she > can > get better frame rates on Call Of Duty. She will also never, ever need > 16 > gigs of ram to edit a film. Actually, what she does need is something > small..efficient...something that does web browsing, email...perhaps, on > occasion even do red eye removal in a family photo. Sounds like she may > do > very well with a mac mini. Now this being her choice, being the least > expensive mac, at least by your calculations, be a 'crappy' tool? This > is > how I approach buying a drill, I don't first go after the most expensive > drill there, I look at the job that needs doing, I look at future jobs I > may > need to do. I weigh that against the budget and I buy accordingly. > Inexpensive is not crap, just as expensive doesn't equate to quality. > You'll note also that I never defended crummy tools. Reading the thread > I've said the same thing throughout...the right tool, for the right job. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** 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/ ** *************************************************************************
