Re: [MBZ] OT: Bought a new computer many years ago
I had a similar experience back in 95 when I bought our first compluter. Salesbloke showed us the Mac which had this old geezer sitting in a library of sorts, that walked to the shelf and got you stuff, can't remember which OS that was, then showed us the Win95 OS which seemed to me to be more professional and the salesguy indicated that he was no fan of the Mac OS and Billys machine was the go. So we went with 95 and I did have to consult help now and again but got the hang of it pretty much. BTW that was a HP machine and was built like a tank, never had a problem with it but got too slow and needed to be upgraded. Bought a puter from a puter store that was put together by them and it was junk, bles up duriong the warranty and then carked it a couple of years later. Bought another HP which lasted 4-5 years until the mobo went. Not worth fixing so I bought a S/H HP and it's been good for a couple of years now. Hendrik who has lots of computers E M wrote: I walked into a store, many years ago, and said to the saleswoman, I think I need a computer. She said, do you want an Apple, or a PC? I said, what's the difference. The Apple has little pictures you click on with this mouse thingy, to make it do what you want, the PC requires you to type in little DOS commands. Umm, I'll take the one that has the clicky pictures. I walked out with an Apple SE. Not knowing anything about computer ( I mean NOTHING, even less than I know today), I can home, set it up, and started using it; all without ever referring to a manual. :-) Ed 300E ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Bought a new computer many years ago
Way back when I got my first Apple, PCs were for computer geeks who really knew what they were doing, and could speak computer gibberish. Apples were for guys like me who were just moving up from their Underwoods. Hee hee Ed 300E On 31 January 2012 17:12, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote: I had a similar experience back in 95 when I bought our first compluter. Salesbloke showed us the Mac which had this old geezer sitting in a library of sorts, that walked to the shelf and got you stuff, can't remember which OS that was, then showed us the Win95 OS which seemed to me to be more professional and the salesguy indicated that he was no fan of the Mac OS and Billys machine was the go. So we went with 95 and I did have to consult help now and again but got the hang of it pretty much. BTW that was a HP machine and was built like a tank, never had a problem with it but got too slow and needed to be upgraded. Bought a puter from a puter store that was put together by them and it was junk, bles up duriong the warranty and then carked it a couple of years later. Bought another HP which lasted 4-5 years until the mobo went. Not worth fixing so I bought a S/H HP and it's been good for a couple of years now. Hendrik who has lots of computers E M wrote: I walked into a store, many years ago, and said to the saleswoman, I think I need a computer. She said, do you want an Apple, or a PC? I said, what's the difference. The Apple has little pictures you click on with this mouse thingy, to make it do what you want, the PC requires you to type in little DOS commands. Umm, I'll take the one that has the clicky pictures. I walked out with an Apple SE. Not knowing anything about computer ( I mean NOTHING, even less than I know today), I can home, set it up, and started using it; all without ever referring to a manual. :-) Ed 300E __**_ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Bought a new computer many years ago
Yeah it took me quite a few years of bashing on the keyboard to get the confidence to have a crack at Linux. Hendrik who likes to have a go E M wrote: Way back when I got my first Apple, PCs were for computer geeks who really knew what they were doing, and could speak computer gibberish. Apples were for guys like me who were just moving up from their Underwoods. Hee hee Ed 300E ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Bought a new computer many years ago
On Jan 31, 2012 2:13 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.au wrote: Salesbloke showed us the Mac which had this old geezer sitting in a library of sorts, that walked to the shelf and got you stuff, That was Microsoft BOB, not anything on the Mac. Alex ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Bought a new computer many years ago
I'd have no clue what my Deskt top is or was. The only thing left of the original 'no brand' is the 30 gig HD which serves still as a back-up. Several MB upgrades, add-on HD's, what not At this time: ASUS MB ( 4 Gig IIntel processor) 30 Gig PATA HD 80Gig SATA 140 Gig SATA CD Rom DVDRW 3.5 Floppy (!) 3 G Video card Wi-Fi card. OS WIN XP Pro. Lap top/Note book: Acer Aspire 10.5. (WIN XP of course) Explains my fat finger types. If I had to have a new computer, I build my own. Some day I may even learn Linux On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Hendrik Fay heni...@ozemail.com.auwrote: I had a similar experience back in 95 when I bought our first compluter-- Hans Neureiter, Katy, TX '82 300SD '01 VW New Beetle 1.9L TDI ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
