[rescue] Re: Macs & IDE vs. SCSI

[Andrew Weiss]

On Sunday, April 13, 2003, at 04:46 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:

>   I have several problems with it:
>
>   - If the best thing they can do with their computers is decorate 
> them, there's
>     something very wrong.
>
Agree

>   - Don't these people have better ways to spend their time and money?
>
Agree

>   - The notion of being "unique" by doing what everyone else in their 
> crowd does is
>     pretty silly.
>
Agree

>   - Computers are tools, not toys.
>
Hmm I think computers are both.  We wouldn't really have a  rescue list 
without the notion that computers are toys as well as tools.  I can 
think of only a few things more fun than rescuing an old machine and 
learning about it inside and out (it may not be that useful to me for 
what I do in life, but I don't care)  I have no use for my Crimson 
right now but I pay for the juice to keep it on because I love it plain 
and simple.  It's there for me to putter around with.  Some day I may 
actually need it who knows?

Andrew