digital addictions wrote:
>      Is it just me or does it seem the electronics/hardware community
> really is behind the times when it comes to modern computer
> technology.  Perhaps I am a bit biased as I have always been more a
> computer hacker than hardware hacker and probably more on the bleeding
> edge than normal but it seems that hardware people are behind the norm
> from even a non technical person standpoint.

Except that keeping up with the latest on the computer arena is a full 
time hobby even a profession.  So most can only choose one, unless the 
old platform are being "suffocated".  And in addition, these people are 
the computer administrator/consultant/technicians/fix-all-man for his 
neighborhood, family, extended families, and close friends.

Yeah, shop wanting to do business only over phone is a pain, especially 
so for people who needed the parts and not in the same time zone.  I am 
in the midst of it now, few emails and still no answer.  But one valid 
reason I think of is to minimize fraud.

Ling SM

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