24 Jul
2001
24 Jul
'01
10:28 a.m.
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A local school is selling off all it's 486s for 200 CAD each. I scoff!
People seem to expect an inordinate amount for old computers. Using
Moore's metric, a computer's price is halved every 1.5 years. So that
pentium 100Mhz laptop you paid 3000 for 6 years ago is now worth 750 or so
NOT 1500. *sigh* Heck, I could get a 1ghz celeron desktop for that much!
Rant rant rant rant.
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It's worse than your think:
6/1.5 = 4
2^4 = 16
3000/16 = $187.50
John A.
(unless its a HiNote <g>)