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No way ... except, perhaps, by reading TFA: "Alex said his first breakthrough was buying a collection of 50 Apple computers — enough to fill a 26-foot-long U-H
by rsfinn 10y ago
No way ... except, perhaps, by reading TFA:
"Alex said his first breakthrough was buying a collection of 50 Apple computers — enough to fill a 26-foot-long U-Haul — with $2,000 he had saved from mowing lawns."
"Alex described himself as a longtime tinkerer who studied how tractors worked at the John Deere dealership, explored the innards of computers ... He was inspired to pursue Apple computers after he upgraded the hard drive and RAM on his first computer, the iMac G5, on his own."
And in a referenced article <http://www.cultofmac.com/417572/teen-uses-lawn-mowing-money-to-fund-incredible-apple-collection/> http://www.cultofmac.com/417572/teen-uses-lawn-mowing-money-...:
"Alex quickly discovered he could not tinker much with his G5 because it was already at its limit for upgrading. So he sought older Macs for sale to take them apart, get them working, and learn how they are put together."
But I guess it's easier to just pontificate.
- teddyh 10y agoSure he’s interested – for the moment. It’s whether the interest will persist that we have no way of knowing. My point was that since he has done this for such a short time, the size of his collection can’t, as it normally would, indicate time spent and thus a larger than passing interest. Also, my comment was to someone that seemed to claim that someone that young could simply “work hard” and earn the money. Now, unless you’re surrounded by people with way too much money than they know what to do with, this isn’t true.