"mike" wrote in message ...
Mike Foss wrote:
"mike" wrote in message ...

wrote:

mike wrote:


Supply and demand.
If your watch kept bad time, you'd send it back.
If your computer keeps bad time, you'll reset the clock
and bitch about it on the internet.


I'm looking for a techical explanation.


Very often, the economic or political considerations
dwarf any technical consideration.
The technical explanation is that they do what's cheap.
Wishing for a grand technical reason won't make it so.
mike


You seem to be saying curiosity is a worthless trait.

Nope, I'm saying insisting on technical explanations for economic
decisions is a worthless trait.
Anybody with a wrist likely understands that it's possible to keep
accurate time. If computer users rated it high in their purchase
decision, you'd see very accurate clocks.

File that one under D for DUH.

The OP was asking for a technical explanation, and so far the
responses have been enlightening. Well, except for yours.