On Thursday 21 March 2002 05:14, civileme wrote: > For laptops, realize this:
> 1. To cram all that functionality in a small package, compromises are > made with the accepted industry standards. > 2. The hardware engineers do their best, then the software people take > over and write customized windows drivers to make up for the deficiencies. It's worse than that, though. Often compromises are made for reasons that have nothing to do with engineering, or seriously stupid costing decisions are made (e.g. shave $5 off the price by making the modem software, which significantly reduces the power and reliability of your machine for a less-than-half-a-percent saving in the price). Cheers; Leon
