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On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, Dave Ahn wrote: > I can't help but respond to your pointed opinions. > ... > Maybe you don't, but others do. Your useless criticisms and sweeping > generalizations are unnecessary. No, not at all. Did you ever try to get a good machine without the multimedia stuff etc.? It's impossible. Did you ever try to get a machine you can use for outside WORK. It's next to impossible. There are a couple of people who just want a fast machine with NO extras, just to run a system like Linux, with Emacs, TeX, GCC. They don't need high color, they don't need a CDRom, nor do they need a soundcard or video in and out and what have you. Instead we got to pay for a lot of things we don't need, well, unless we want to play the latest games. > You need to buy a clue and realize that these people didn't buy their > $5k laptops for the sole purpose of playing solitare or their CD's on Surely, this was not the sole reason. But do you really want to tell us that it wasn't an important factor in the process of deciding for or against a particular machine? Have a look at all those magazines, read all this 'mine is bigger' stuff, and I'm sure you will understand the meaning of the original message. Christoph Eyrich eyrich@zedat.fu-berlin.de