"Now for a lesson for you ppl.... The IBM pc, came out, IBM built it with off the shelf parts, very expensive box, COMPAQ takes and buys one, reverse engineers it's BIOS, buys off the shelf parts and sells the first "knock off" of the IBM."
Really? Cos' back in 1988 I sat in front of one of those Compaqs/IBM's and I don't recall any ability to buy "off the shelf parts" except maybe a new 300 baud Hayes modem card that took up 2 slots! More like IT repair cost almost as much as a new one (i.e. $8000). You learn something new everyday - Not.
Oh thats right, most of the Apple/iPod Hate Society above have a combined 10 years real world experience in the IT world, and all they remember is having to endure MacOS 8 in Elementary school. Whatever.
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"Now for a lesson for you ppl....
The IBM pc, came out, IBM built it with off the shelf parts, very expensive box, COMPAQ takes and buys one, reverse engineers it's BIOS, buys off the shelf parts and sells the first "knock off" of the IBM."
Really? Cos' back in 1988 I sat in front of one of those Compaqs/IBM's and I don't recall any ability to buy "off the shelf parts" except maybe a new 300 baud Hayes modem card that took up 2 slots! More like IT repair cost almost as much as a new one (i.e. $8000). You learn something new everyday - Not.
Oh thats right, most of the Apple/iPod Hate Society above have a combined 10 years real world experience in the IT world, and all they remember is having to endure MacOS 8 in Elementary school. Whatever.