At 10:03 PM 5/25/98 -0700, Kathy wrote:
>>At 02:59 PM 5/25/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>>
>>>According to the GVU survey, 40% of users don't know, followed by
>>>19% at 800 x 600 and 12% at 640 x 480.
>>>
>>
>>I would assume that the "don't know's" are newbies and probably have
800x600.
>>Someone with a 640x480 screen has been around PC longer and is more likely
>>to know.
>>Just compare with the "dont' know " figures last year.
>
>WRONG.
>
>I work with people everyday who have worked with computers daily for years.
>They don't know "alt-tab" .. "alt-control-delete" ... "control-w". In
>short, they get their machines as set up my computing central -- and they
>don't change a thing.
>
>Same with my friends with older machines -- they don't know a darn bit more
>than newbies - they bought the machine to do a job. It does the job.
>
>I mean, who walks around knowing off the top of their head the size tires
>on their car? It's the same thing to most people.
Exactly right, Kathy. There are other reasons, too. I adjust my res
whenever I need to to facilitate the job I'm doing at the time, and A) I
couldn't tell you what it's set to now (no, I'm not talking about the
machine I'm on now, but the one at home) and B) I don't pay enough
attention to the options when I choose them (in win95) to know what they
are when I make the change; I've done it often enough I just know what I
want, perhaps by location on the choice list. I ran into the same thing in
college, when a cross-country bicyclist stopped for the night in our
dormitory. One of my friends, a 'techie' biker, wanted to talk equipment
all night, and suspected some type of fraud when the biker didn't know what
brand of derailleur he had; the guy (from condition, etc.) was obviously a
hard-core biker, but wasn't a techie. I'm the same way with a computer.
It is, as Kathy says, a tool. Bought one that would do what I wanted, set
it up how I wanted it, and will worry about it again when I hear (from you
fine people) about an upgrade I "need". Incidently, techie-hood isn't
necessarily inherent in one person and absent in another; I'm not a
computer techie, but I am a car techie. I own 3, and Kathy, in case you
care, off the top of my head the tire sizes are 225/60/15, 205/70/14, and
33/12.5/15. ;-) Trying to drag this back on-topic... I have always been a
PC kinda guy, but interested in Macs. The IMac looks like a good price for
a pretty solid machine. Do any of you Mac folk have input on the
features/price/etc. of the IMac? I've read some of the online reviews on
cnet, but wanted your ideas, too.
Doug
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