3 Dec
2010
3 Dec
'10
4:21 p.m.
On Fri, 3 Dec 2010, John Foust wrote:
At 05:21 PM 12/3/2010, Fred Cisin wrote:
I think that's a lot of it, stuff we could never hope to own when it was
new. For example, I used to have most of a VAX that was originally $250k,
and have I don't know how many Workstations that would have been in the $20k
range. My concern as I've said many times over the past several years is
the high cost of owning this junk. It takes space to store it, for a lot of
us, it takes a *LOT* of space. I have several hundred square feet given
over to it, and I know there are people with a *LOT* more than I have.
It's not just computer gear that falls into this catagory. I wanted a
Hasselblad for about 30 years, now they're "almost affordable", and I own
one. It helps it takes great photo's! :-)
Zane
Some could argue that our preference for
"obsolete" electronic technology
is a manifestation of a "baby duck syndrome".
I sometimes think it is due to the high price of equipment in the
old days. Our young minds perceived these machines as being
unimaginably expensive, something few single people could ever
own and operate. Now they're scrap and you can own one.
What a deal!