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From: bright@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Bob Bright)
Subject: Re: "Mr. Choi" responds to Atari
Message-ID: <1991Mar31.183244.29191@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
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In article <gbx1FEm00WAw48BY40@andrew.cmu.edu> mc4c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Mark Choi) writes:
[...]
>annoying. It is the same stupid argument made by bad actors to defend
>against bad reviews. If the critic could act, (s)he would be acting,
>(s)he would not be a critic. I do not need to have the necessary
>background in engineering or the capital to start a entrepreneurial
>venture to be able to use a machine, or to suggest improvements thereto.

Nice analogy; I've always thought art critics were a pretty useless
bunch. :-)

[...]
>bit more functional, and useful. How many people do you really believe
>are going to plop down 2 grand for this baby, and another $700-$2000 for
>another desk machine, with a lot of duplicated functionality. You seem
>to claim that one can not get a desk machine into a notebook, but the
>editors of various PC mags seem to disagree with you, putting out a
>large amount of articles about how notebooks now can be your only
>machine, are as powerful as desktops, etc.. If you wish to make personal

Well, I can't speak for others, but I haven't been the least tempted
to plop down 3 grand for a 386 "notebook" (heavy emphasis on the sneer
quotes) that weighs 3 pounds more than it should and requires lugging
around an extra 3 pounds of battery packs in order to extend the
pitifully short battery life.  If doing without removable media is the
price for having a really light and useful machine, I'll be happy to
pay it.  (You're not suggesting, are you, that we rely on the opinions
of the brain-dead editors of various PC mags as an indication of what
a good machine is?  That's about as sensible as listening to art
critics.)

BBB
-- 
Bob Bright <bright@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Dept. of Philosophy
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Man  R3T 2N2  (204) 474-9105
