Computer fatalities (was: Linux Made Easy: Linspire 5.0)

[Kevin D. Clark]

Benjamin Scott writes:

>    The practical upshot is that
>    if you have to pay a professional to "fix your computer", the bill
>    can easily come to $300 or $400.  When a brand new system costs not
>    much more then that, why bother?

One good reason might be because you'd prefer not to see more
perfectly good stuff end up in a landfill.  You might come to the
conclusion that a throwaway society isn't sustainable.

>    PCs are becoming disposable.  Even if it's a software problem, if
>    it breaks, you throw it out and get a new one.

I'm going to interpret this as a description of a mindset and not a
serious recommendation.  Others might have different
interpretations.

Regards,

--kevin
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