Well, not quite, but, as my dad points out, at least they were fairly reliable and the printers worked.
In the bookshop where I work, we only recently upgraded our computer system from DOS to Windows. The new system has some advantages – being able to use familiar Windows programs and use the Internet being the main ones, but it also meant that we had to replace our continuous paper printers with inkjets. Whilst it was always a bit tricky to order replacement continuous paper, it was cheaper than buying reams of A4 letter paper, and the ribbon ink cartridges lasted a lot longer than the very expensive ink-well-and-print-head cartridges that we have to buy now from HP.
Stephen Newton said:
Surely laser printers would be cheaper, unless you hardly use your printers.
albert said:
most inkjets run pretty well at draft quality though? i mean, even draft puts out a better print than dot matrix, right?
Simon Jones said:
The only problem with Windows is that, according to something I read on the BBC news website yesterday, there are on average 24 new PC viruses every single day as opposed to zero Mac OS X viruses… ever!
While I have nothing against Windows as an OS, it has to be said that with all these idiots all over the world writing viruses to steal from you or just disrupt your life, I can never understand why people don’t treat anything dished up by Microsoft as if it were as potentially dangerous as a live Caymen or something.