[X4U] Good Reading

[Richard Gilmore]

Give me the old machines! I'll fix them up and re-sell them.


On 18/7/05 12:01 PM, "Michael Winter" <winter at mac.com> wrote:

> 
> On Jul 17, 2005, at 7:01 AM, Joe Grande wrote:
> 
>> People are now throwing away their PC's rather than ridding them of
>> viruses and spyware.
> 
> And if they buy a new PC, they'll be in the same boat in a week or two.
> 
> Am I the only one who thinks this is a really stupid thing to do?
> Wonder if he junks his car when it needs an oil change and buys a new
> one.
> 
> Even if you are a PC/Windows user, this is wrong on so many levels.
> Not only does it not solve the problem, it rewards the companies that
> didn't create a quality product to begin with, by buying more of the
> same. Not to mention the material waste.
> 
> I'm hoping the reporter was sensationalizing a bit, and a guy with a
> Ph.D. in computer science is buying a new computer because his old
> one won't run MS's more current and secure (??) OS. Not just because
> he can't wipe the drive and start over.
> 
> -Mike
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