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Originally Posted by Tom Line
I just checked online and the classmate costs $500.
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An excellent reason to impart the valuable lesson of handling something carefully so it doesn't break.
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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
This is analogous to what is happening with the control system, more capability is being forced onto many people who were happy with what they had.
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I disagree with that analogy. Using the basic code, you have all the capabilities you need without really knowing anything about programming. That is, you are welcome to not use the advanced capabilities of the system, no forcing is going on here. Other than some code downloads (necessary for IFI too) you are basically plug&play.
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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
[raises hand]Me.
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Well, yeah, me too
, but on a '486. But the point was that almost nobody uses that technology as their primary computer today, since it's capabilities no longer meet one's needs. Why is that? I mean, it met my needs when I bought it, what changed?
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17-09-2009, 20:18
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