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Readers Respond: The Second Time Around; Vista

DATE: 29-DEC-2007

Peter Coffee's Dec. 11 Epicenters column, "The Second Time Around," [about PC vendors treating buyers as first-timers,] is without a doubt the most astute, common-sense approach I have ever read. I sure hope that some equally astute mail-order (or other) PC vendor has the good sense to read and apply this article.

I'm very old-school computer, and I have watched the industry grow, much as Peter Coffee has. It saddens me to see vendors think that the public is as uneducated about the industry as they were yesterday. There's a little computer nerd in every user now (whether vendors want to admit it or not), and these users know what they want.

Bruce M. Hoff

Your Dec. 4 cover photo of Steve Ballmer makes him look positively sinister. I understand that Mr. Ballmer is an executive in a major corporation and not a fashion model, but please try to find a picture that doesn't make him look like he's planning something diabolical. Oh, wait, that issue was about Windows Vista. Never mind.

Ray Beesch

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VISTA Who uses it Bill Gates for sure. by anonymous, 11/13/2007 8:00:35 AM

Bill Gates has finally allowed us to see his true skill set. He muddled his way through windows and its variety of operating modes. He still had trouble using it and complained that he did not know what to do even in the fields of XP and its variety of upgrades. VISTA replaces all that by telling you/helping you use it. Bill can finally run a computer on his own. He no longer has to hide his MAC so people can be truly impressed. Look at the inside of his lap top and you will find the guts of a ...

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