People used to get productive work done on DECstations, they were big and expensive in their time. Now we can recreate them for just a few dollars (plus the cos

People used to get productive work done on DECstations, they were big and expensive in their time. Now we can recreate them for just a few dollars (plus the cost of a screen and keyboard). Today almost everything we do relies on the internet, so a wifi driver would be useful as well. Many things we do today require more processing power, but many things do not. Writing, terminals (well SSH could be a problem), email, hn. We used to do raytracing on a DECstation, had to use a remote X window to view the finished image in colour. You would think that a certain subset of people would quite like a simpler system today to work on, but I guess it's just easier to buy something modern with all the extra layers of complexity. Maybe this is because today programming largely relies on having access to the accumulated knowledge of the internet, and a very complex web browser.