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Netbooks didn't exist in 2004 (they were introduced in 2007 by Asus, with their EeePC model), and a $400 laptop in 2004 wouldn't do you much good. My CoreM lapt
by romwell 8y ago
Netbooks didn't exist in 2004 (they were introduced in 2007 by Asus, with their EeePC model), and a $400 laptop in 2004 wouldn't do you much good. My CoreM laptop from 2006 was $700, and it was by all means a conservative choice in terms of firepower.
Ditto for music player, IIRC $100 would barely get you a portable CD player in 2004.
This only makes your point stronger, and as you said, it's just a ballpark figure anyway.
- dragontamer 8y agoPeople were definitely using iPods (and competitors) back in 2005. I remember that for sure. There were a LOT of cheaper MP3 players. It took a bit of technical know-how to rip a CD back then, but it was certainly something I did regularly. I don't think CD Players were ever super-popular. Walkmen (tapes) were extremely popular, but CDs came out around the time when iPods + clones existed. So most people I knew were listening to music on an MP3 player of some kind. CDs were used for burning mixed-disks, mostly to give to your friends to share music. Giving CDs to your friends was a "I liked this song, maybe you'll like it too" kinda deal. As soon as you got a CD from any friend, you'd rip it and put it into your own MP3 player.
- squarefoot 8y agoIn 2004 I had a Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook P7010 which was 100% supported by Debian, by any means a netbook years before that word was invented. Not cheap, still the perfect tool to take around plugging it to network sockets and make tests: small, light enough, some good computing power, long battery life, and a wonderful 10" 1280x768 really bright screen. It lasted about 9 years, then a fall (not my fault) destroyed one of the screen hinges, and the high cost of repairing and upgrading ($$ battery and $$$ microdimms) turned it into a few recycled parts.