On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:32:05 -0500, Ian Burgmyer <spe### [at] gmailcom> wrote:


>Alright, let's do this. 8)
>
>You obviously need a top of the line Alienware laptop.  Nothing less 
>will do.

You have hit the nail on the head :) That is exactly what I want but I don't
want to pay the price. My current laptop is a DTR with a full size k/board and a
lot of cpu ticks. But it is old and noisy and very heavy. Have you heard the
term "lugable"? :)
So I want to go for something lighter. Most of the laptops on the market seem to
be dual processors with a lower clock speed. As I use Ver 3.6 and don't want to
use the beta because my modeller is a beta too. 
What to do? I don't know what I want.
So fix that, please :)


>>>> She's not a techie
>>>> but developed the skills shopping for HiFi. Again she'd send me out to buy it
>>>> because she got comments like "The blue interconnects, is that to match your
>>>> curtains?"
>>>> "No to match the colour of your face as I strangle you with them!" 
>>> That...is amazing. :D
>> 
>> What is amazing, the sales assistant or my wife's reply? 
>
>The entire exchange.

You're young, yet :)

>> Just ask any woman who buys anything technical if they've ever been patronised.
>
>I dunno, I think it's more just a sales thing.  There are very few 
>instances that I'm dealing with sales people that I don't get 
>patronized.  Maybe I'm just in touch with my feminine side. :)

Yes it is a sales thing and a waiter thing (in the UK). I find that in most
shops that sell consumer electronics the staff know more about the extendable
warranty that the product. I've lost my interest in mega pixels I just want to
see the quality. I don't want to hear about the number of bits in a DAC etc.

And to be fare to my wife, she didn't actually say that to the salesman. It is
just what she wanted to say. 

>Buying my camera was actually a pretty pleasant experience because the 
>person who sold it to me was a bit of a DSLR buff.  He didn't try to 
>push me into a higher priced model, he didn't go "oh, why would you want 
>*THAT* one."  Best customer service I've gotten at a retailer in a while.

Remember that store.


>Alright, I shall describe. :)
>
>The main characters are driving to work and traffic is completely 
>stopped.  The main main main main character, Peter, looks over and sees 
>an elderly man with a walker, slowly making his way down the sidewalk. 
>When he notices a lane next to him moving, he switches to it and ends up 
>having to stop immediately.  When this happens, the lane he was just in 
>starts moving.  He switches, it stops.
>
>Long story short, the guy with the walker was the clear winner.

From RL :)

Regards
	Stephen

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