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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!sgigate.sgi.com!news.tamu.edu!root From: root@marsgrp.tamu.edu (balthazaar) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Why to not buy Matrox Millennium Date: 24 Apr 1996 02:14:47 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Lines: 28 Message-ID: <slrn4nr3vf.22l.root@marsgrp.tamu.edu> References: <31785BB6.99F81FD@lambert.org> <stephenkDq62u3.7En@netcom.com> <31796B47.5E7DCA65@lambert.org> <stephenkDq791n.KuA@netcom.com> <317ABAFF.5F0DAAAA@lambert.org> <slrn4nlfam.2lm.root@marsgrp.tamu.edu> <4lh1q9$kt@leasion.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: semon@comp.tamu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp0c-17.rns.tamu.edu X-Newsreader: slrn (0.8.6.1) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.apps:14738 comp.os.linux.development.system:22035 comp.os.linux.x:29956 comp.os.linux.hardware:36962 comp.os.linux.setup:51608 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:775 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3424 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3273 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:17908 On 22 Apr 1996 22:39:05 GMT, Mark Evans <mark@leasion.demon.co.uk> wrote: >balthazaar (root@marsgrp.tamu.edu) wrote: >: >: Get a grip and dump this thread. Nobody's holding a gun >: to anyone else's head at the video card mall. I certainly >: do not feel sorry for some one that buys something before >: realizing what they are buying, especially if you do it >: a second time expecting different results. > >The problem is that people do not necessarely buy "a video card", >they buy "a computer" and may have little choice about what >video card they get. How many vendors give the details of the >video cards in their systems. Every single one of them that expects my business. I didn't realize that the concept of either knowing what you are buying or accepting the responsibility for the result was such a difficult concept. If it's too much trouble to be informed, why is it less trouble to buy what you don't want. Kill this thread. -- semon@comp.tamu.edu