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Post #16,589
by jb4
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11/5/01 10:27:18 AM
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New Oh, Puh-LEEEZ!
I just can't see consumers installing an OS from scratch. Only techs like us are bold enough to try that. And a complete lockdown of hardware would be a very slow process, otherwise too many PCs would fail to install an upgrade.


How hard is it to put a CD in a drive and hit <ctrl + alt + delete>?

Which one of our intrepid band had his grandmother installing Linux from scratch? (Brandioch?, wharris[2]?)

This is exactly the kind of Wag-Ed urban legend crap that I would expect from a True Believer...or are you?
jb4
(Resistance is not futile...)
Post #16,598
by bepatient
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11/5/01 11:15:04 AM
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New Has nothing to do with how easy it is...
...and everything to do with user fear.

Grandma would not have undertaken the chore herself...unless she KNEW that someone was there that could fix it afterwards.

And if you tell me that you don't think those types of users are the majority...I will laugh very loud...my take is that the petrified user outnumbers US by a factor of about 100 to 1...if not more.
You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! Laurie Anderson

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Post #16,723
by CRConrad
11/5/01 6:02:04 PM
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New But... How much is there to "fix" on a blank new PC?!?
     Who is MS's customer? - (Another Scott) - (16) - Nov. 2, 2001, 11:08:04 AM EST
         The end of OEM licenses. - (Andrew Grygus) - (15) - Nov. 2, 2001, 12:46:10 PM EST
             Exactly - (JayMehaffey) - Nov. 2, 2001, 01:48:25 PM EST
             Can't see that scenario happening - (warmachine) - (13) - Nov. 3, 2001, 07:24:35 PM EST
                 Today, no - but this is tomorrow's Windows. - (Andrew Grygus) - (9) - Nov. 3, 2001, 07:47:01 PM EST
                     From here to there is still a narrow road. - (static) - (2) - Nov. 4, 2001, 05:52:54 AM EST
                         Loss to alternatives can happen only in the business space - - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Nov. 4, 2001, 01:02:29 PM EST
                             Andy, you really know how to hurt a civilization, doncha! - (Ashton) - Nov. 4, 2001, 04:31:31 PM EST
                     But there's still the retail upgrades - (warmachine) - (5) - Nov. 4, 2001, 08:09:59 PM EST
                         Worrying quote from Tom's Hardware Guide: - (CRConrad) - Nov. 4, 2001, 08:45:42 PM EST
                         Intel is already defeated - totally. - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Nov. 4, 2001, 09:36:16 PM EST
                             no prob, my next home box is an imac -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Nov. 4, 2001, 10:57:40 PM EST
                                 Yep, made that decision over a year ago - (cforde) - Nov. 5, 2001, 01:56:11 AM EST
                             ...missing the new multimedia capabilities... - (inthane-chan) - Nov. 5, 2001, 04:10:28 PM EST
                 Oh, Puh-LEEEZ! - (jb4) - (2) - Nov. 5, 2001, 10:27:18 AM EST
                     Has nothing to do with how easy it is... - (bepatient) - (1) - Nov. 5, 2001, 11:15:04 AM EST
                         But... How much is there to "fix" on a blank new PC?!? -NT - (CRConrad) - Nov. 5, 2001, 06:02:04 PM EST

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