XPost: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy, alt.os.linux   
   From: gbeeton@shaw.ca   
      
   Hawk wrote:   
      
   > Bjørnar Bolsøy wrote:   
   >    
   >>  Why should your PC be any different than your TV, washing machine   
   >>  or micro oven?   
   >    
   > Can you design a press ready catalog layout with your washing machine?   
   > Encode DVD compliant video with your microwave?  Send a fax with your TV?   
      
   Can you clean your laundry with your PC?   
      
   > Comparing the "start up" time of a washing machine or microwave oven to    
   > a pc is ridiculous.   
      
   I think the point Bjørnar was making is that a computer is just another    
   appliance (albeit a multi-function appliance) so why should we have any    
   different expectations for a PC than any other appliance?   
      
   > Of course a single purpose machine is going to start up faster.  It's    
   > orders of magnitude more limited in it's use and flexibility as well.   
      
   As long as you're happy with that.  Personally, I'm with Bjørnar in that    
   I'd rather have an instant-on computer.   
      
      
   --    
   Gary Beeton   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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