Re: [Thinkpad] Dell Vs IBM laptops

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Bayles" <canyonlands@theriver.com>
To: "Jonathan Graham" <grahamj@virtue.cx>
Cc: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>; <agraham@agraham.ca>;
<thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Dell Vs IBM laptops

> Also, many of us are warranty repair technicians who talk to a warranty
> center every day. We learn the feedback of other technicians.

Yes. However this constitutes selection bias.

> Where would you go to get information that was not opinion?

This is actually beside the point believe it or not. The question I'm
rasing is about the veracity of some of the conclusions drawn from the given
information. Your point, which appears to be: "this is as good as it gets"
is not what I'm talking about. If all information is anecdotal. Should you
consider one anecdotal set better than another? If so, under what criteria?

> Do you believe Consumer Reports readers are an accurate sample of what is
> found out there?

Actually the point I praised about CR was about their knowledge of method.

> How accurate does experienced technical opinion have
> to be. I have torn apart over 7300 computers since 1977.

Does the fact that my experience is equal to or greater than yours make my
opinion equivalent or better than yours?

> experience combined with similar judgments from the 700+ members of this
> list provide a usefull level of knowledge,

This is a good example of what I've talking about. You see someone reading
that paragraph might think that you have the opinion of at least 700 people
saying some of the things talked about in this thread ( manufactuer 'x' is
better than 'y'). However you don't appear to actually have that.

Anyway, as I said...better things to do.

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Received on Sat Mar 13 13:56:02 2004