On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 17:20, Felix Miata
So puters in homes are all toys? No one who uses a puter at home uses it for work? A computer is by design a tool. Some use the tool for playing games. Many don't.
All I meant was that the typical home computer does more than work. people tend to like to explore more than the terminal window, and read webmail.
On, but nevertheless they shouldn't become obsolete from mere passage of time. They shouldn't need to be replaced before they die of natural causes. Forced advanced retirement is an ecologically bankrupt paradigm.
But.. they do. The theoretical "usable" lifetime of a computer is about 18 to 24 months at best. Yes you can use an older computer, but you are rapidly left in the dust as the rest of the world moves on, and less and less of the new features. Yes a 5 year old computer will still work, and will still do the basics, but if you want to move beyond the basics you're going to struggle.
Web sites requiring bling haven't yet enabled accessibility. Every (e.g. Flash, theoretically accessible-enabled, but not in the wild) one I've ever been to is unusable even with required plugins or enabled 3DFX hardware. All
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