Re: any statistics on declining PC sales?

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: any statistics on declining PC sales?
Date	2015-09-21 08:58 +1000
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"Clocky" <notgonna@happen.com> wrote in message 
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> On 19/09/2015 5:40 PM, jonz wrote:
>> "Clocky" <notgonna@happen.com> wrote in message
>> news:55ee1831$0$1656$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com...
>>> On 8/09/2015 2:31 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>> Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> wrote
>>>>> SolomonW wrote
>>>>>> news13 wrote
>>>>>>> Clocky wrote
>>>>
>>>>>>>> I always find it amusing that these PC assemblers and part swappers
>>>>>>>> call themselves "technicians" when they wouldn't even know which
>>>>>>>> end of a soldering iron is the handle.
>>>>
>>>>>>> If it requires a "soldering iron" to repair, then it is uneconomic
>>>>>>> repair. Rarely been otherwise in PCs.
>>>>
>>>>>> I have repaired many PCs and never used a soldering iron.
>>>>
>>>>> You're not a technician, just a parts swapper then.
>>>>
>>>> Even sillier than you usually manage.
>>>> The whole point of a PC is that the parts are easy to swap, its 
>>>> designed
>>>> that way.
>>>
>>> Right, so any fool can swap out parts until it's working again. That 
>>> does
>>> not a technician make.
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~``
>>   Substitution, is a legitimate area in fault finding, as you should well
>> know.
>
> If it's all you know how to do and then it doesn't make you a technician

Wrong, as always.

> is my point.

You never had one.

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any statistics on declining PC sales? bruce56@topmail.co.nz - 2015-09-05 19:52 -0700
  Re: any statistics on declining PC sales? "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-09-06 11:57 +0800
    Re: any statistics on declining PC sales? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-06 14:10 +1000
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              Re: any statistics on declining PC sales? Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-08 07:08 +0800
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                Re: any statistics on declining PC sales? Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-09 16:11 +0800
                Re: any statistics on declining PC sales? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 05:52 +1000
                Re: any statistics on declining PC sales? Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-21 06:47 +0800
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