Re: filmscanners: real value?

["Ian Jackson" <Ian_Jackson@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Michael Moore wrote.....

Michael,

I respect your comment about HP assuming you meant the same oscilloscopes,
power supplies etc,   that I also used.  However HP's Computers,  printers,
software and service FOR THOSE PRODUCTS,  are just not in the same league.

Somehow I feel you would not disagree?

Ian


----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Entlich" <artistic@ampsc.com>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: filmscanners: real value?


>
>
> Michael Moore wrote:
>
> > I cut my electronics teeth on HP when I trained as an electronics tech
in Th
> > US Navy... Their stuff was always built to last... Last summer I bought
an HP
> > 932C... it's built much better than my Epson 740... plus the cartridges
come
> > with the nozzles built in so if a print head clogs, you just replace the
> > cartridge... I bought it to replace an Epson that had a clogged print
> > head...(third party inks!)... I thinks it's a load of bull that things
can't
> > be made to last...
> >
> > Mike M
> >
>
> Didn't the 932C cost a good deal more than the 740 (I'm not on top of
> the prices on these)?  And yes, most anything can be made to last, it
> costs more R&D and usually more in material and manufacturing expense to
> do so.  That's not my point.  Making a car last (say a Ford Model T)
> that can't go above 30 miles an hour, other than as a collectable,
> doesn't make good sense in a world that demands cars that can go 80 mph
> for practical considerations. The same is true (and more so) of high
> tech.  If you owned a 10 megabyte harddrive and it was built to last for
> 50 years, would you still be using it today? Not likely.  The darn thing
> has more value in aluminum and gold than in either practical use or
> resale value.
>
> BTW, I have a perfectly good 10 meg hard drive I'll sell you (weighs
> about 15 pounds -- you pay postage, too)  And if you'd like that one,
> you'll really appreciate my dual drive Bernoulli with disks (which are
> 12" wide and hold 5 or 10 megs each... it weights about 50 pounds.) and
> is bigger than a tower computer ;-)
>
> Art
>
>