[arachne] Re: handheld printer

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On Mon, 25 May 2009 20:51:29 -0500, Glenn Gilbreath Jr. wrote:

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> If only we expected them to be usable for the whole of their lives...we exp
> ect FREE support for life, for any add-ons, for new peripherals that were n
> ot designed to work on old gear, etc., and again, for FREE.  An example...U
> SB peripherals such as pointing devices, printers, scanners...very few will
> work in plain DOS, heck few work properly in older than Windows 98 SE...wh
> ich is now 11 years old, and has been supplanted by WinXP, in 3 service pac
> ks, Vista, in 1 SP and soon Win7...why would a company attempting to make a
> profit go to the added expense to create drivers compatible with DOS 5 jus
> t because a very small group of hobbyists just happen to have an ancient 38
> 6 or 486 still operating?

True enough.

> Like I said, I don't know, but sometimes it seems we expect too much.
> As for "life" of a PC, nobody has defined that.  I would put it at no more 
> than 3 yrs, because in 3 yrs the capabilities have more than doubled twice.

I have a couple of computers working here. One is 11 years old, the
other 6 years old. Both are still in working order, so apparently they
haven't reached the end of their usable lives.

But neither of them is capable of being upgraded with the lastest,
fastest and "bloatest" OS's and software. OTOH I don't want them
upgraded with that stuff.

So as long as I'm happy with what they are running and the way they run,
their lives are certainly a lot more than 3 years.


    
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