It's not so much the amount of time it actually would take for a person
to completely wipe-out and reinstall their OS, apps, and data ... it's
the amount of time it "seems" like it would take them and their level
of comfort in doing it. It seems to me like the people responding
to this thread (myself included) don't seem to have a problem with this
process. But in today's society viewing more and more things as
disposable I can understand how more and more people would use this
approach to remedy their situations.<br>
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I'll be happy to give your disposed-of computers a good home! :-)<br>
<br>
matt.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/18/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael Winter</b> <<a href="mailto:winter@mac.com">winter@mac.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>On Jul 18, 2005, at 11:14 AM, Robert Ameeti wrote:<br><br>>> Am I the only one who thinks this is a really stupid thing to do?<br>>> Wonder if he junks his car when it needs an oil change and buys a<br>>> new one.
<br>>><br>><br>> I as a consultant am often finding that I recommend the 'Buy a new<br>> one' thing just because the client gets a significantly faster<br>> computer, larger drive, etc. by buying a new computer. Many users
<br>> are just ready for one anyway and this is a good excuse rather than<br>> spending several hours cleaning up an older computer<br><br>Well, if the car is an old piece of junk that doesn't run very well,<br>then an oil change may be a good excuse...
<br><br>It's perfectly understandable if malware is the "last straw". What I<br>took exception to is replacing a computer primarily (or solely)<br>because of the malware. After all, I'm sure my wife would say I've
<br>used lamer excuses to justify a new computer.<br><br>-Mike<br>_______________________________________________<br>X4U mailing list<br><a href="mailto:X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com">X4U@listserver.themacintoshguy.com
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