As some of you may know, I used to drive a Zhiguli parts were cheap, could be repaired with simple tools and there were always people around who could repair it. But every day I wondered if it would start, and something was always breaking. It ended up in the shop at least every two months, and towed just as often.
Then I bought a new Nissan, and (knock on wood) I have not had to have a single repair in two years. It¹s a dream to drive compared to the Zhiguli, has a/c and automatic transmission. Any pangs of nostalgia for the simple Zhiguli quickly disappeared. There a still a lot of folks around who swear by the Zhiguli (and swear at it), but I don¹t miss it at all. What we care about a technology is that it works, and that we don¹t have to think about how it works. It should make our life easier and more comfortable, not more complicated and time wasting. Get a Mac. Charles On 9/22/08 3:54 PM, "Larry "Son of Thunder" Urban" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm going to jump into this thread because it has been quite interesting. > > As an IT Master, I must side in with Mr. Lebedeff. Why? Simply because a Mac > is not that all compatible with the host of programs I run, and moreover, for > today's high-powered games, a Mac is a "no can do". > > This is an old war, this Mac vs, PC thing. For those that like Macs, I say > "ok, go for it". But if I'm asked for my personal recommendation, I will vote > for the PC for many reasons. > However, we now come to the problem Mr. Rees had. An unfortunate one, to be > sure, because he was ill advised, and to make matters worse, he was not helped > by customer support. Anyone selling a customer a computer like they sold him > is asking for trouble. I lived in Russia for 3 years. I am not surprised, > although these things do happen elsewhere too. > > Microsoft has stated that it will stop support for XP in 2010 (Mr. Lebedeff > can please confirm). I am an old supporter of XP, but considering that Vista > marks the new OS platform, it behooves us to get to know it better and better > as time goes by, or, wait for Windows Seven (Vienna), slated to appear in > 2010. Last year I remember how much I hated Vista. But today, now that I > know it so well, I have learned to tweak its internals, so it works just fine, > and is not as bad as some say. Sure, it suffers from some problems with newer > computers, because of the absence of drivers (here again I side in with Mr. > Lebedeff because I too think this OS is still in "development" stage), but > that is where those that build and sell must configure their systems properly, > and maybe even offer some training where it is needed. > > Or, simply install XP, regardless. Hey, anything is better than this > nightmare! For the record, I dislike Asus systems. I never recommend one to > anyone who asks. > > Kindly, > > Larry Urban > > --- On Sun, 9/21/08, Alexander Lebedeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> From: Alexander Lebedeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Expat List Mac vs. Windows (Thomas Langley) >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Sunday, September 21, 2008, 3:41 AM >> >> Mr. Langley wrote: >> >> "To play a windows game on a Mac, start Bootcamp and play the Windows game on >> the Mac as if it was a Windows PC" >> >> I expected this response... >> >> With all due respect, the answer is: "no, not really." >> >> Sure, it'll work for lower-end games (e.g. Solitaire), but for upper-end >> games (e.g. Bioshock or Crysis)? Not really. The Mac's emulator and >> hardware simply won't cut the mustard. >> >> However, to use the example, if you can get Crysis running on a Mac (at a >> decent framerate), let me know, and I'll make a public retraction. >> >> Best regards, >> >> -Alex >> _______________________________________________ >> Expat mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat >> http://www.expat.ru/forum/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/
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