Re: Quad Core PC for less than a Mac Mini

Mayor Of R'lyeh <mayor.of.rl...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
-hh <recscuba_goo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Except illustrate precidence

A meaningless one when compared to computers. Computers
are easy to assemble at home. Cars are not.

Cars are quite easy for a friend of mine to assemble, so why can't you
do it too?


BTW, did you ever get your A/C repaired?

Nope. Actually I seldom drive the Aerostar anymore. I've pretty
much taken over my parent's Escort station wagon.

Better MPG, and the American paradigm of a 'hatchback'. :-)


Where within this claim (for that is what it is) anything in
consideration for the value-added of the selection of the
optimal 'screw'?

Lack of relevant response noted.

Still.

Really?You got anemail telling you that your G4 upgrade was
goingto quit working or that your RAM ws about to get declared > > > unfit?

Mine never stopped working, since I faithfully stayed within-
specification.

Lucky you.

No "luck" involved - - it was all just RTFM.


He posted the specs from the board.

Specs aren't measures of performance, so Edwin has still failed.


Where have you been? PCs became commodities a long time ago.

No, since you just pointed out that Quad Cores are new tech, so you
can't try to have it both ways depending on which best suits your
needs of the moment.



No I don't include phantom costs.

Because you do not properly recognize cost avoidances.

Because I don't need to insert non-existent costs in order to inflate
a competitor's price to make my product's price look better.

That's how you see this as some alledged agenda. The reality is that
it is a levelling of the playing field for the purpose of trying to
compare equals. Sometimes, we need to add/subtract Hard Drives or
RAM. Sometimes the cost is the labor of assembly, or duration of
Warranty.

If you don't do this, then the cheapest computer is always going to be
a couple of sticks, a yard of strings and small pile of beads ---
yes, a DIY Abbacus. The fact that it is much slower "processor" is
not allowed as a descriminator by your incomplete criteria of
comparison.


How much do you charge yourself while sleeping? Dining out?

Paying for a hotel room to be able to get a good night's sleep is
indeed an example of placing a value on sleep.

Which isn't what I meant. But you knew that.

I knew that you didn't realize the truth in what you thought was
merely sarcasm.


And cooking a meal at
home is an example of a cost avoidance of eating out.

You're making these cost decisions every day, even if you don't
conciously recognize it as such.

Except that most of these decisions aren't made on an
economic basis and its asinine to pretend that they are.

Its not the only reason, and for some people, it may not be a
*concious* decision, but it still nevertheless has an economic basis
underlying the decision that can be considered.


Just because I don't charge myself for DIY projects
doesn't mean that my I consider my time worthless.
You see people get time off from work. They aren't
getting paid for that time no matter what they do or
do not do. Every opportunity cost does not have a dollar
sign atttached to it.

Yeah, you go keep believing that.

So how much do you get paid for your time off?

The value I place on my free time ranges from $25-$50/hour.


How much do you charge yourself for eating dinner?

Since one must eat to live, it is not a revenue opportunity but an
operating expense. Even then, one chooses between spending
more time to cook a meal at home at a low cost, versus paying
for take-out to save time. Etc.

Because that's the only possible factor. LOL!

No, its not the only reason, but it still nevertheless has an economic
basis underlying the decision that can be considered.


Which means that you're claiming that its impossible for anyone to
ever work a second job.

Even if I have a second or third job my time off is still my own and
not something that I'm being paid for.

But if you're working a second job, then you have less time off with
which to spend. Its the "Catch-22" in your argument, Mayor.


-hh

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