Re: The NC: does it stand a chance in hell??

I've worked with PCs for over 10 years now and am waiting for the day the NC is available... as I am planning to buy one.

The last thing I want to do is spend time configuring a machine at home... as if I do not get more than my fill of that at work. All I want to do at home is to browse the web, use a word processor and a spreadsheet every now and then, do some accounting, etc. All this could easily be done with a NC.

Any survey on NC currently is useless... it's hard for people to imagine the advantages of a new product. I'll bet, most of the same IS Manager's will go running after the product when they see its ease and low cost of maintenance... configuring/installing hardware/software on 1000 PCs is no joke.

But, don't get me wrong... I still like the PCs for it's power, flexibility and would like to use it at work (I work in the software world). But when I get home, I would like to get out of the software-developer mode and get into the simple user mode...

-sm

On Sun, 19 Oct 1997 07:43:12 GMT, nospamevanm_at_ntr.net (Xenocrat) wrote:

>
>I'd be interested in hearing opinions on this one. Personally, I
>can't see why the idea would appeal to anyone other than IS managers
>and accountants (and a recent IDC report suggests that the former
>don't see any benefit in them whatsoever).
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>-Xenocrat
>
>(Please remove 'nospam' from address when replying.)
Received on Tue Oct 21 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT