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Re:The creation of the modern laptop by Boxbot on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @08:42PM (#9729530)
It's not hyperbole but you could probably say the same about any modern computing device. Think about all the hours spent by the countless engineers designing all the individual components in a modern laptop. Now think about all the hours spent developing / iterating on previous versions of those components to get them to the point they are now.

It's very impressive.

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Re:The creation of the modern laptop by ryanlol on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @10:24PM (#9729795)
Assuming "trillions" means 3 trillion. Divided by the average work hours during a persons career that'd come up to about 33 million people.

That's quite a few engineers.

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Re:The creation of the modern laptop by scarmig on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @10:46PM (#9729833)
It's like the Civilization technology tree. To get the laptop, you first have to invent Electronics, and before that Physics, and before that...

Easily adds up to trillions of hours.

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