[AT] OT - computer advice

[David Bruce]

TRS-80 MII and the TRS Color computer here.  In fact I still have that MIII.
So maybe I am a dino :)
In those days I was part of a local computer users group which included 
an IBM guy how had an Apple II.

David
NW NC

On 8/5/2014 10:54 AM, Stephen Offiler 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
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