Re: Apple?

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From: Jim Williams
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 01:47

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docjoe@interramp.com (Joe Ragosta) wrote:
>
>You just refuted your own argument. If someone buys a car because it
>achieves 30 mpg and 0-60 in 10 seconds (insert your own criteria here),
>why do they need to know how it gets there? If they care about machined vs
>cast parts, fine, but why is is NECESSARY to know the innards of a car? A
>computer is the same way. If CMT and PMT are the same from the user's
>perspective, who cares?
>

Your analysis is seriously flawed here.  The computer is not like a car.
A car replaces physical work, a computer replaces mental work -- and the
computer is replacing more mental work every year.  The user who doesn't
care how their computer does what it does will end up being replaced by
the computer.  Therefore I care very much what is going on inside my
computer.  I want the computer to be my friend, not my owner, nor my
replacement.

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