[AT] OT - computer advice

David Rotigel rotigel at me.com
Tue Aug 5 12:57:48 PDT 2014


Hell, I remember using parchment and a quill pen!
	Dave
PS, And I believe that several on ATIS used stone and a hammer!

On Aug 5, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:

> I go back to Radio Shack TRS-80, Timex-Sinclair 1000, Commodore 64, and
> Apple IIe.  Dinosaur enough for ya?
> 
> SO
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:27 AM, <rlgoss at twc.com> wrote:
> 
>> LOL!  Real Dino's remember when computers were sold with a bound set of
>> instruction books.  :-)
>> 
>> 
>> Larry
>> ---- David Bruce <davidbruce at yadtel.net> wrote:
>>> I'm running a couple of XP machines and a Win 7 machine. Does that make
>>> me a semi-dino? :)
>>> You really don't have to answer :)
>>> 
>>> David
>>> NW NC
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 8/5/2014 9:04 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
>>>> My initial reactions tend to mirror what I subsequently read in most of
>>>> these comments.
>>>> 
>>>> - there is a lot to be said for adopting the latest and greatest, in
>> terms
>>>> of longevity of the support
>>>> - Win 8 was designed for smartphone/touchscreen oriented people...
>> dare I
>>>> say, "younger" people?!
>>>> - young people face learning curves with less trepidation
>>>> - Win 7 is starting to get tougher to find, and XP... if you're still
>> on XP
>>>> (yeah my laptop at home is XP) you are a DINOSAUR
>>>> - I assume Mike's college-age daughter is about as far from a dinosaur
>> as
>>>> you can get
>>>> 
>>>> SO
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> AT mailing list
>>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> AT mailing list
>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>> 
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at




More information about the AT mailing list