<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Could this be the start of a book ?. Just demonstrates how complicated the task of choosing a new computer is, and why it is often just easier for a lot of people to deal with sales-drones and take their advise.</div><br><div><div>On 22 May 2014, at 12:41 pm, Onno Benschop <<a href="mailto:onno@itmaze.com.au">onno@itmaze.com.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div dir="ltr">It's interesting to me to see how this is evolving as I receive feedback and continue to write.<div><br></div><div>As I write more detail, currently explaining MHz, GHz, Terabyte and the like, the less it relates to the BBQ audience.</div><div><br></div><div>Structurally it's all over the place, the break point still seems to be after the five questions, but there is place for further reading.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm continuing to write for the moment, capturing concepts and explaining them, but I don't think they'll end up belonging in the BBQ discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>Some comments point out that this will need some serious editing to make it brief again.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 May 2014 12:33, Gregory Orange<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:home@oranges.id.au" target="_blank">home@oranges.id.au</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="">On 22 May 2014 12:09, Onno Benschop <<a href="mailto:onno@itmaze.com.au">onno@itmaze.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>> I'm not sure if we've ever met, but those who have can attest to the notion<br>> that I'm not shy in talking ;-) Having said that, I was pitching this<br>> document at the person in your family who comes up to you at the Sunday BBQ<br>> and asks: "What computer should I buy?".<br>><br>> I am not sure if PLUG members are in that category.<br><br></div>Then a differential talk? ... "This is what I think is important to<br>communicate to the BBQ questioners" - ultimately the same material,<br>perhaps glossed over a little more, but not too much. The more of a<br>specialist one becomes, the harder (whilst not impossible) it is to be<br>useful to laypeople.<br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>Gregory Orange<br></font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>--<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Onno Benschop<br><br>()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno..<br>|>>? ..EBCDIC for Onno..<br>--- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno..<br><br>ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 8888 - <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:onno@itmaze.com.au" target="_blank">onno@itmaze.com.au</a></div>_______________________________________________<br>PLUG discussion list:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</a><br><a href="http://lists.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug">http://lists.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug</a><br>Committee e-mail:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:committee@plug.org.au">committee@plug.org.au</a><br>PLUG Membership:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.plug.org.au/membership">http://www.plug.org.au/membership</a></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>