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chopper wrote:
> "Sparky Spartacus" <Sparky@universalexports.org> wrote in message
> news:6J0be.4115$RP1.3819@fe10.lga...
>
>>chopper wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>OK, back to Computer 101.
>>>
>>>A computer is a piece of plastic, metal and silicon without the OS.
>
> When
>
>>>you buy a computer, you require the OS in order to allow the system to
>
> do
>
>>>what you need it to do via software. The OS is every bit as important
>
> as
>
>>>the hardware and I would argue more important.
>>
>>Right, I'm guessing you're not a professor of computer science at MIT.
>>Whatever would you do with an OS absent RAM or a HDD?
>
> oh, oh, and what about the power supply and all those wires? And that ON
> button, without that there is no life right?
>
> All mMindless pieces of metal, silicon and plastic. The software provides
> the brains of the operation. Geesh, can't you go out and buy one of those
> Computers for Dummies books PLEASE!
Why, is your picture on the cover?
> Oh... and don't forget the energy provided by the electricity. DAMN!
You forgot the most important part, the finger to press the ON button. I
have a finger for you.
So what *would* you do with an OS absent RAM or a HDD, hm?
> There's another cost savings potential for Dell! That is an Electrical
> Distribution System Interface Cable! Why you should be getting that from
> your electric company and not Dell. And heck, printers don't come with data
> cables so there is precedence here. Hot damn, I could get a job at Dell and
> make them bazillions of dollars screwin' you dell luvin' dorks!
Thanks for confirming your status as a Twatwaffle First Class!
chopper wrote:
> "Sparky Spartacus" <Sparky@universalexports.org> wrote in message
> news:6J0be.4115$RP1.3819@fe10.lga...
>
>>chopper wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>>OK, back to Computer 101.
>>>
>>>A computer is a piece of plastic, metal and silicon without the OS.
>
> When
>
>>>you buy a computer, you require the OS in order to allow the system to
>
> do
>
>>>what you need it to do via software. The OS is every bit as important
>
> as
>
>>>the hardware and I would argue more important.
>>
>>Right, I'm guessing you're not a professor of computer science at MIT.
>>Whatever would you do with an OS absent RAM or a HDD?
>
> oh, oh, and what about the power supply and all those wires? And that ON
> button, without that there is no life right?
>
> All mMindless pieces of metal, silicon and plastic. The software provides
> the brains of the operation. Geesh, can't you go out and buy one of those
> Computers for Dummies books PLEASE!
Why, is your picture on the cover?
> Oh... and don't forget the energy provided by the electricity. DAMN!
You forgot the most important part, the finger to press the ON button. I
have a finger for you.
So what *would* you do with an OS absent RAM or a HDD, hm?
> There's another cost savings potential for Dell! That is an Electrical
> Distribution System Interface Cable! Why you should be getting that from
> your electric company and not Dell. And heck, printers don't come with data
> cables so there is precedence here. Hot damn, I could get a job at Dell and
> make them bazillions of dollars screwin' you dell luvin' dorks!
Thanks for confirming your status as a Twatwaffle First Class!