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Re: The dim future of PC

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From: dave.... DAVE BARIL
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 00:00
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Well, lets see now.  Here's a typical nights use of my PC:

1) Get home from work, and start a script file that will log on to my
on-line services and internet providers and retrieve my E-mail while I'm
at the gym getting in a workout.

2) Read and respond to e-mail, start another script to upload replies.

3) Log into my work PC via PC-Anywhere and start a job running on the
LAN that would take up too much server CPU time to run during the day.
Log on to the mainframe and check my email while I'm at it.

4) Log on to my SLIP account, load up Internet Phone, and have a voice
conversation with my friend on the other side of the country.  Do some
net surfing via netscape while chatting.

5) Exit Windows, log onto a Kali server, and play some Multi-Player
Descent with people from all over the world.  Maybe some Terminal
Velocity or Apache too.

6) Enter all of my monthly bills into check free and send them off for
electronic payment.

Ok, so maybe I don't do all of these things in one night, but I will
over the course of a month.  Now here's what I'd envision a typical
night with a sega to be, were I to own one:

1) Turn on console
2) play "Sonic the Hedgehog" for about 20 minutes.
3) Get bored and go watch TV.

Anybody who thinks that a game console is better than a PC in any way,
shape, or form obviously just doesn't have the mental capacity to
utilize the PC to it's fullest potential.  In those cases, your right,
Sonic the HedgeHog is probably more appropriate.


 * SLMR 2.1a * Fight Like A Man!  Megas Are for Wimps!
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Subject: Re: The dim future of PC
Date: 1995/09/26
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