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Article #14898Re: IBM PC ?? Nahhh ....
From: Craig Werner
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1986 21:14
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1986 21:14
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The original poster asks the rhetorical question: why do some
people still use and buy and IBM-PC. Now I can't answer why people
still buy them (when many clones are superior), but I can answer why
people still use them: because it's on my desk and it's paid for.
A computer is only a tool, and as long as it does what is required,
there is no need to replace it. Besides, by waiting to the point of
necessity by obsolescence, one gets a better deal, in price, performance,
or both.
As for myself, I haven't decided whether to ditch my IBM PC for
an Amiga 5000, a 68020 (no make that a 68030) Open Mac, an Atari 4160,
an 80486 laptop, or perhaps a Micro-Cray, if you get my drift....
--
Craig Werner (MD/PhD '91)
!philabs!aecom!werner
(1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517)
"I tell you I'm a thief and you call me a liar?"
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!linus!philabs!aecom!werner From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: IBM PC ?? Nahhh .... Message-ID: <743@aecom.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Dec-86 16:14:16 EST Article-I.D.: aecom.743 Posted: Wed Dec 17 16:14:16 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 21:12:11 EST References: <186@sbstaff2.UUCP> <1217@navajo.STANFORD.EDU> Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 17 Summary: Because it's paid for!