25 Sep
2007
25 Sep
'07
9:36 p.m.
On Tuesday 25 September 2007, Richard wrote:
Its similar to having a piece of art. There's
one. You can't get a
replacement. At best you could purchase a reproduction made from
photographs of the original, and it would only be a replica worth a
fraction of the original's value.
Yeah, but computers were generally mass-produced (with the exception of
really early machines, prototypes, etc), and you generally CAN find
another of the same machine given enough money and some research.
You can't just go and replace an original painting the same way.
Pat
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