Sales campaigns aimed at the faltering personal computer

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Which of the following best completes the passage below?

Sales campaigns aimed at the faltering personal computer market have strongly emphasized ease of use, called user-friendliness. This emphasis is oddly premature and irrelevant in the eyes of most potential buyers, who are trying to address the logically prior issue of whether______

(A) user-friendliness also implies that owners can service their own computers
(B) personal computers cost more the more user-friendly they are
(C) currently available models are user-friendly enough to suit them
(D) the people promoting personal computers use them in their own homes
(E) they have enough sensible uses for a personal computer to justify the expense of buying one

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by Indradeep » Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:13 am
Is it E?

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by 4meonly » Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:15 am
Yes, it is E.
Could you please post your reasoning?

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by ronniecoleman » Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:34 am
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:59 pm Post subject: Sales campaigns aimed at the faltering personal computer
Which of the following best completes the passage below?

Sales campaigns aimed at the faltering personal computer market have strongly emphasized ease of use, called user-friendliness. This emphasis is oddly premature and irrelevant in the eyes of most potential buyers, who are trying to address the logically prior issue of whether______

(A) user-friendliness also implies that owners can service their own computers
irrelevant

(B) personal computers cost more the more user-friendly they are
cost is not described as a factor of lower sales..OUT

(C) currently available models are user-friendly enough to suit them

Close:

(D) the people promoting personal computers use them in their own homes

OUT

(E) they have enough sensible uses for a personal computer to justify the expense of buying one

user friendly or what ?? whether i require them or not...

might be some better gadget is in the market..that has negated the use of PC...
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by nicolette » Fri May 13, 2016 2:29 am
I would go with option E as the correct option