> At some point it has to stop though. No, it doesn't, actually. > How much longer are we going to keep making formerly usable computers obsolete? For as lon

> At some point it has to stop though. No, it doesn't, actually. > How much longer are we going to keep making formerly usable computers obsolete? For as long as increases in performance and energy efficiency open up the potential for new uses. I don't see the problem here. You can still use the old computers with the old applications. Just like you can still use hand-drawn carts – doesn't mean that we shouldn't develop the horse-drawn cart, even though they made the hand-drawn carts obsolete. Same goes for trucks and horse-drawn carts.