Mark Stanton wrote: > Not only do I not see what all the fuss is about, but it seems like a > seriously retrograde step to me. > > We started off with computers that no mortal could get near and then > the personal computer arrived and bang! Computing for the people. > > Now it's terribly convenient for the big corporations to take the > real computing power back behind closed doors, as far as I can tell > largely for the benefit of their own income streams. Of course we > trust them to be nice, don't we boys and girls...
Hi Mark! Around here (Sarasota, Florida), large, powerful notebooks are still available. Have they disappeared from the stores where you are? A friend of mine used to have a pair of racks in his bedroom with the equivalent of an 80s mainframe in power. Now he has a single 64 bit desktop that beats the two racks and produces next to no heat and noise. He has started to sleep in that room again! -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
