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

[Derek Martin]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 10:48:48AM -0400, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> 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.

I guess I'm a cynic, but I believe most people aren't that thoughtful
or responsible.  Most people only concern themselves with their own
bottom line, in my experience...  It isn't sustainable, and our
collective grandchildren are screwed.  But then they probably were
anyway, for any number of other reasons.

This kind of business is becoming pervasive.  My dad fixes appliances,
when he can get calls.  These days the appliance vendors are charging
so much for replacement parts that a single major repair frequently
costs significantly MORE than replacing the thing outright.  I
personally don't understand the economics of it, but I guess maybe it
helps the appliance vendors from having to manufacture and stock parts
for a zillion lines of machines from now back to antiquity...  That
must be it.  or maybe we as a society just enjoy being economically
raped...

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