17 Nov
2004
17 Nov
'04
2:53 a.m.
Am 17 Nov 2004 8:17 meinte Computer Collector E-Mail Newsletter:
--- Ladyelec(a)aol.com wrote:
> Why not make it :
> 10 years: Vintage
> 20 years: classic
> 25 years: antique
> or something similar to that?
> Isa
The terms are too similar, people will just get more
confused.
Agreed.
All I intended to do when I started this discussion
topic was to point out the
obsurdity of considering things like the Web and Pentiums as "vintage" (or any
other synonym). But then others observed back that I was being short-sighted
-- if you ignore that actual age, "vintage" just means "anything
considered
obsolete by the mainstream," and that's a good enough answer for me. But I do
think that 15 years, not 10, is a better divider between what's just "old"
and
what's truly vintage.
Well, the important part was to get the off the actual stuff.
Everything else is hard to do just by years. Shure, a 1994 PC
might be about where you still may use it, and more important,
might not look interesting at all from a colectors view. On
the other hand, especialy you may agree that almost any kind
0f 94ish PDA is vintage from todays view. Isn't it?
In fact, for VCFe the same 10 year limit is enfoced (exempts
need very good reasoning). Everythin below is NADA, everything
above up to everyones own judgement. So, I'm expecting PCs to
show up soon.
Gruss
H.
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