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$699 for a computer that will stop getting updates in just a few years
by Almondsetat 1y ago
$699 for a computer that will stop getting updates in just a few years
- copperx 1y agoThat's about 6 years. Plenty enough for a laptop that's not upgradeable.
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- kevin_thibedeau 1y agoFor some perspective: Computer Shopper 1993 GW2K 386SX at $1300. Today that is $2800. That $699 Mac is getting you a machine that would have been a TOP500 supercomputer in the 90s.
- throitallaway 1y agoIf my Grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike. Yes, things change over time. I cringe to think of what some of the original 42" flat screen displays cost relative to the huge (much better looking) OLED panels of today.
- lxgr 1y agoAnd your credit card has a more powerful computer than the Apollo lunar lander. But software development (for both OS and applications) is continuing in parallel with hardware improvements, so there's a strong implicit demand of you to also continue upgrading, at least if you need to interoperate with any other computer in the world.