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Re: [TenTec] E-Ham Bad Orion Review

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] E-Ham Bad Orion Review
From: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>
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Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 08:37:02 -1000
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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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