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- From: dcable@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dan Cable)
- Subject: Re: What makes a computer "exciting"..?
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- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 22:49:36 GMT
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- Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
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- >[ thoughtful but somewhat wordy stuff deleted ] 8 )
- >So, what is it that makes a computer "exciting"...?
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- Should one's choice of computer(s) be an emotional issue? I am forced to
- agree with you that it is. "New" is what makes a computer "exciting". New
- peripherals, new programs, new experiences of sight and sound. Newfound
- functionality. This is what drives the ever upward spiral of processor
- speeds and graphics resolutions. How many people really need 66mhz? For what?
- How many things do you need to do that couldn't adequately be done on an 8
- bit machine? I'm sure there are some but not many. Perhaps Atari's
- salvation will be that they will market cans of "new computer smell" to
- stimulate the users olfactory senses until Falcons arrive to tempt us with
- new sights and sounds.
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- Please accept my opinions on this matter in the light they were given even
- if the original question was thought provoking.
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