From: STeve Andre' (andres_at_msu.edu)
Date: Sat Apr 08 2000 - 04:34:58 EDT
I am curious Randy, why the tone of this mail and others recently have
taken on such
a harsh tone?
I'm obviously one of the ones who is just about diametrically opposed to
some of your
statements, but I don't think I've said things with the rigor and tone you
have. I'd really
hate for this discussion to slide down the path of other religious
wars. Saying "Or were
you too blind to see" is a good indicator of that.
--STeve Andre'
At 01:04 AM 4/8/00 -0700, Randal Whittle wrote:
>At 02:50 AM 04/08/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>>|
>>| There's a lot of chintzy cheap laptops out there for me to buy,
>>| and the i-series is one of them. Its just sad that they are also called
>>| ThinkPads.
>>
>>This is literally one man's opinion.
>
> ...echoed by a number of others, as well as further expanded on
> by them. Or were you too blind to see those?
>
>> I've been watching this thread, and
>>there is overwhelming support for the i-Series, which probably explains its
>>success.
>
> Apparently you're not counting well, as the number of responses
> I've seen are about even, pro and con.
>
> Further differentiation can be found in that the majority of the
> "pro" opinions for the i-series seem to come from people who haven't
> owned a "real" ThinkPad before, and therefore have no basis for
> comparison. While the majority of the "con" opinions come from those who
> know what owning a real ThinkPad is like, in all its fit-and-finish totality.
>
> In summary, the majority of the "pro" opinions on the i-series
> come from people who haven't really known any better. With all due
> respect, that's like asking a teenager what they know about love--they
> think they know a hell of a lot more than they really do, lacking any
> real perspective or experience in the subject, and in fact they confuse
> it with cheap sex. Quite frankly, an opinion with little knowledge or
> experience behind it isn't worth as much as one that has those features.
>
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