Re:The iPad Mystery
by freehunter on Monday May 15, 2017 @03:10PM
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If the upgrade cycle is so artificial, why aren't you doing more than playing with those older machines? I'm willing to bet you didn't post this comment from a Commodore 64, why not? If upgrades are artificial and computer systems last forever, why are you using a newer computer and not still using the BBC Micro? What's stopping you from watching Netflix and playing Call of Duty on your Atari?
You miss my point - 30 years ago we knew how to create machines that would last - have we lost that skill, or has it been deliberately discarded?
Re:The iPad Mystery
by ferentchak on Monday May 15, 2017 @12:59PM
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Lucky I only had an Atari 400...
The hours I spent trying to learn basic with no book and no internet on that thing. Just typing random things into that blue console trying to figure out what secrets it held.
I like to play with 8-bit machines, BBC Micro, C=64, Atari 800 and the like, all 30+ years old, the only repair they need is when a capacitor dries out and thats easy to do with the manual and a soldering iron. The constant upgrade cycle of so-called modern machines is clearly, totally artificial.