09 Why do Anne Rice's characters use outdated PC programs? You'd think they could afford better.
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This article is from the Anne Rice FAQ, by Laura Troise talset@eskimo.com with numerous contributions by others.
09 Why do Anne Rice's characters use outdated PC programs? You'd think they could afford better.
From CS#3:
"Guys, why are you always asking me why my characters
don't work on State of the Art Computer equipment.
They do! When Lestat wrote his bio, he was working
on what HARDWARE was out that year. And Mona had the
top of the line HARDWARE when LASHER was written? I
mean, I don't get it. Don't you guys like WORDSTAR?"
I'm not sure if Anne realizes that our complaints
are about the *software*, but assuming that she does,
I'll answer her question by saying that no one hates
Wordstar in the sense that they were attacked by it as
a child, but that it is an old and very plain program
which makes it hard to believe that Lestat, consummate
materialist that he is, wouldn't move on to something
which costs a lot more and has more bells and whistles
for him to play with.
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