[Am-info] Roll-your-own categories.

[Felmon Davis]

On Monday 04 March 2002 12:49 pm, Sujal Shah spake and saith:
> On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 12:28, Geoffrey wrote:
> > Sujal Shah wrote:
> > > FWIW, I would put Geoffrey in my category 2.
> >
> > I'm not sure I want to be in the category 2. :)  Actually, I
> > build my own systems for a couple of reasons.
>
> [SNIP]
>
> Oh, ok.  So, you're an enthusiast.  Category 1 it is. ;)
>
> Seriously, there might be 20 categories. No idea... it usually
> boils down to cost or performance/features.  that was the only
> reason why I came up with those categories.
>
> Sujal
>

come on! don't be frustrated. we got your point. the category game is 
more fun though.

I don't fit almost any of the categories. I'm not so terribly 
cost-conscious (I'm often driven by lust!) nor am I so quality-minded 
but, yes, I don't like tossing parts I can reuse so I prefer to 
upgrade a MB or a graphics card or something. at one point I had 
almost enough spare parts around to build a computer so I did. I'm 
not sure what it means to be 'technical': I'm no technical 
professional (I teach in the Humanities). I do use things like OS/2 
and Linux so I have to be careful what I buy. 

ok, ok: back to the point; what was it now? oh, yeah: Walmart isn't 
aiming at such-and-such categories of folks.

F.