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I wonder how long throwing away 'computers' after a year or two of use will remain common for us in the first world. Does technology get the credit for the dif
by AJ007 12y ago
I wonder how long throwing away 'computers' after a year or two of use will remain common for us in the first world.
Does technology get the credit for the difference between the 80s, or is it some mix of the current balance of geo-politics, interconnected global trade, wage arbitrage that still allows slavery in the supply chain, and free interest rates (in the case of Europe, negative)?
May be in the end game biodegradable 'computanium' that is killed and reborn daily right before it becomes obsolete?
It still feels very strange and disturbing to throw away something less than a decade old much less two years.
- bjelkeman-again 12y agoI tend to retire my machines to less demanding or suitable tasks. A Mac Pro 2006 (with a Cinema Display from 2000) is still going strong as a studio music computer running Logic Pro X (essentially a Hackintosh on Mac hardware, as Apple stopped supporting them). A MacBook from 2005 drives a TV with streaming video (although it needs retiring now). It is harder with smartphones, but I have older phones being guest map and GPS devices.
- etherael 12y ago> May be in the end game biodegradable 'computanium' that is killed and reborn daily right before it becomes obsolete? Server side from the client perspective, that's effectively what "the cloud" really is.
- pjmlp 12y agoIt is only common in countries where people go for contracts like US. In many countries people pay full price for handsets and use pre-paid cards. In no way you see them replacing their mobiles every two years.