I know some of the older
generation are vehemently against putting up with any little glitches etc. that are
common in most computer defined electronics of ALL kinds today.
Well, maybe I am one "of the older generation". As long as I have been
using computers running Windows I have been annoyed by occasional
crashes. I have never accepted this as okay, although I have put up with
it in order to take advantage of the capabilities of the computer. I do
not think that consistant and identical output and functionality for
consistant and identical input is too much to ask from a machine. I
would say that is about where I draw the line between a good tool or
machine and a toy. When I get in the car to drive on the highway, I want
the car to steer to the right when I turn the wheel to the right EVERY
TIME, not just most of the time. And I don't want to have to pull over
(assuming I have not crashed and died) to shut the engine off, and
restart it in order to get the steering to work right again. Now that I
am running a computer with Windows XP it is much closer to a tool than
any windows operating system computer I have used before, they have been
closer to toys. I grew up with radios that pretty much did the same
thing every time I did the same thing to the controls. That is what I
expect out of a radio. I don't think it is too much to expect. Some
people may put up with erratic behavior in order to get excellent
performance (most of the time) and some people would rather have
consistancy with almost as good performance. I have never tried an
Orion. The performance I hear about sounds very desirable, and the
crashes and glitches sound very frustrating.
If your computer or radio was an airplane, would you go up in it? With
or without a parachute? I would like both my computer and my radio to
work so reliably that my answer to those questions is: yes, without a
parachute. Maybe that is an "older generation" attitude.
DE N6KB
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