On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 6:25 PM +0000 10/23/2010, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Powermac wrote: >> Low end to me means the basic models, starter systems. If you are poor >> stick to an older used PC you can get for little money. Also learn to >> work on your own machines when they fail, this means buying some basic >> tools and using google to find fixes. >> >> Teo, >> >> How IS that 8500 case I handed over in Niles doing? Yeah, what you say WAS >> fine until you actually try to make some money with them. Then you realize >> how HARD it is. And whatever money you can make is wasted in a machine that >> is still problem fraught and unproductive.I guess the trying to make money >> part and the been doing that for way too long parts were not stated loudly >> enough. Hobbyist work arounds are fine when you are a hobbyist. When you >> want to CREATE the constant problems of old systems kill your effort. You >> Know me from this list at least from when we met in 2003. I think I have >> made myself plain about PC too. And do not forget my disdain of Linux. >> >> I want to create content. Being a perpetual computer mechanic may get you >> a little shop on the corner. Creating content is a lot more satisfying for >> me. And a lot less >> >> The fact is the computer indistry doesn't care what you want, they >> need to make money. The reason you have so much crap loaded onto a new >> PC is because companies pay the OEMs to include it and that money is >> usually all the profit in selling new machines (outside of upgrades to >> base models). Apple could care less about basic low end machines >> because it cannot make the profit on them that it likes, and people >> who would have purchased a more profitable machine might get cheap and >> go low end. >> > [snip] > > Why can't people quote properly? Read the above. It makes little sense. > > > ___________________________________
I use the gmail client online. if you used it you would know how hard it is ( despite much trying) to intercut a conversation and eliminate the attribution line. The web app has a mind of it's own. And I get tired of fighting it. As was said to me bluntly before by someone :) GET over it! -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.youtube.com/fluxstringer http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://remnantsofthestorm.blogspot.com http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
