Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!moxie!texbell!swbatl!george
From: george@swbatl.sbc.com (George Nincehelser 5-6544)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: The future of the past mac
Message-ID: <1990Nov17.175937.23989@swbatl.sbc.com>
Date: 17 Nov 90 17:59:37 GMT
References: <1990Nov15.220217.20055@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1990Nov16.041905.7430@swbatl.sbc.com> <1990Nov16.215447.26110@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: Southwestern Bell Advanced Technology Laboratory
Lines: 44

In article <1990Nov16.215447.26110@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> berger@atropa (Dire Wolf) writes:
>george@swbatl.sbc.com (George Nincehelser 5-6544) writes:
>
>>Some of us are foresighted enough to know that we'll never need expandability
>>or upgradability in the toaster machines that we buy.  Why pay for something
>>that you know you are not going to need?
>
>>-- 
>The computer, by its very nature, is not a toaster (nor an automobile).
>How many of us are really foresighted enough to KNOW what we will need
>two years hence?
>--

I pretty much know my needs for the next 5 years (based on current conditions
and likely future events).  I'm sure others do also.

Based on my projected future needs, I don't need many expansion slots.

Based on your projected future needs, you need many expansion slots.

So...to answer your question: More people than *you* obviously think.

We aren't total morons, you know.

Let me ask you:
Would it be shortsighted of me to buy a two slice toaster rather than a 
four slice toaster?  (I'm talking about real toasters here)

Would it be shortsighted of me to buy a motorcycle rather than a station
wagon?

Would it be shortsighted of me to buy a 3 bedroom house rather than a
four bedroom house?

And finally...
Would you purchase a toaster with expansion slots?

The point is, you can't say a person is shortsighted about any purchase without
knowing about their needs and wants. 
-- 
   /   George D. Nincehelser           \  uunet!swbatl!george       \
  / /   Southwestern Bell Telephone     \  Phone: (314) 235-6544     \
 / / /   Advanced Technology Laboratory  \  Fax:  (314) 235-5797      \
/ / / /\  1010 Pine, St. Louis, MO 63101  \  de asini umbra disceptare \