Re: XP Pro SP2, Vista & Vienna -- A Useful Progression?

HEMI-Powered wrote:
Today, TOM7601 made these interesting comments ...

HEMI-Powered wrote:
Today, TOM7601 made these interesting comments ...

You're probably right, no one *NEEDS* a hybrid automobile
any more than anyone *NEEDS* a Hemi powered car. We buy what
we want and if it feeds our perception of our environmental
consciousness, or our driving skills, then so be it.
Different strokes for different folks.
Let's try to separate "need" from "want". Nobody needs a hot
PC and nobody needs Vista. Nobody needs a hybrid nor a HEMI
nor an F-150 nor a Mercedes-Benz S-650 for $150,000+. But,
people want these things, or think they do. This is what
freedom is all about, and is also what the free enterprise
system is all about. And, yes, ALL companies try to implant
the "need" in prospective customer's minds so they would
rather die than not buy the thing du jour.
Anyway, with the desert and mountains less than an hour
away, I can make use of the 4X4... :>))
I thought that formatting *NEEDS* the way I did, I was making
a distinction of sorts. Next time I'll try to make the
distinction more clear (double-double?) by including *WANT*
for those who are slow on the uptake.

Thanks for the heads-up... :>))

Tom, who of us are you arguing with and why? I believe, and have stated so several times, that buying decisions for ALL products hard or soft, consumer or vehicular, application SW or O/S is all about freedom. Freedom to choose, freedom to decline, freedom to buy what they want for whatever reason they want, and freedom to not buy what they don't want to buy. WRT vehicles, I can see really broad-based definitions of "need", "want", "desire", "lust for", "require", and other adjectives applied to cars as small as imported sub-sub compacts through the entire spectrum of car sizes, price classes, engines, features, etc. The, there's the people and cargo haulers, including traditional minivans or SUVs, and the trucks. More recently, we've seen the rapid rise of CUVs, again, all the way from sub-compact to really large. 4X4 vehicles abound, as do AWD which is different. Some folks want an off-road vehicle while others just want to pretent and still others just want to be safe in rain and snow. There's other market segments and many other quantitative and qualitative definitions one can use to "justify" why people do or don't buy what any of us may think they should. So, just because Justin has a F-150, someone else has a 4X4 truck or SUV, I have a 5.7L HEMI, lots of folks lust after the modern day muscle cars, and then there's the Prius crowd.

So, as the old Wendy's ads used to say "where's the beef?" And, note that none of the protagonists in this OT debate have politicized the vehicle buying process nor evangelized any favorite brands/models nor disparaged any, that I can tell. I'll say it again: I may not like my company's competitures, but I sure as Hell highly respect them. The Asians and some European brands definitely do it right the first time, are price efficient, plant build time efficient, have outstanding quality, often superior fuel economy, and frequently competitive performance. And, while the American Big Three ARE improving rapidly across the board, the Asians are improving at a higher rate. So, I can and will respect your views, just keep it factual and no name calling, OK? Thanks.

I didn't realize that *WANTS* and *NEEDS* were considered "name calling."

We live and learn... :>))
--
Tom - Vista, CA
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