NI>I've been using PCs for a long time (I started using IBM compatibles around t
>late 90s, when DOS was big and Wnidows 3 was coming around). I like having c
>rol of my PC. It seems most people these days though don't care so much abou
>aving total control; they just want to do stuff with it. Modern operating sy
>ms are made in a way to prevent people from doing stupid stuff.
Yes, stupid stuff usually being what makes the systems work better.. B)
I got my first computers in 1984 and 85, heavily modified Apple II's with a
'massive' 80kb (up from 48 kb) of Ram and dual ($400 ea.) floppy drives,
and moved on to IBM types with an 8088 system around 1987.
(Anyone remember paying $2000+ for a 10 meg hard drive ?) B)
(( Updated into todays dollars that would be about $4500))
NI>I does bother me, though, when the OS tries to prevent me from running a prog
> because it's not "authorized" by the OS or other restrictions.
Yes, I don't so much mind a warming but I want the option to ignore it too..
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