Re: [PLUG] OT OEM software

["MECHDraft" <mechdraft@mechempire.com>]

The following message was sent by "Mike Leone" <turgon@mike-leone.com> on Thu, 29 Nov 2001 15:21:42 -0500.

> > On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 12:06:30PM -0500, Mike Leone wrote:
> > : > Solution: Always build your own!  Pre-builts are not as good anyway.
> > :
> > : Not a solution: Not everyone can build their own, nor do they want (or
> need)
> > : to learn.
> >
> > Used to not be a solution: Today, ANYONE can build a PC.  It's not exactly
> > rocket science, you know....  The extent of the "learning" involved is
> > reading the 10-20 page booklet that comes with the motherboard you buy
> > (and that's only if you can't figure out what to plug in where).
> >
> > Of course, I'm assuming we're talking about our *target* audience here.
> > After all, this is PLUG - you know, a bunch of Linux users.
> 
> For PLUG, I'd agree with you. But the conversation started with Kyle's
> parents buying a PC at a mass-market retail store. While they might be that
> technically proficient at PC hardware, I'd bet they were in the minority of
> folks their age who are. Hell, of folks of ANY age; more people than not
> have no interest in hardware.
> 

But to say that they dont WANT or NEED to learn how to build thier own computer just isn't true.  Most people that buy computers from the mass-market retailers are more than likely ignorant to the fact that its at least 50% cheaper to build your own...If they knew that, then I would imagine that they would learn pretty quickly how to build thier own...Its not that they dont want to...they just dont know that they need to or that they can with just a little reading from a number of free resources.

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