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Originally Posted by TonyToews
I started being paid for programming computers in 1979 on a $25,000 IBM micro computer which had 32 kb of RAM, a 16x64 character screen and 2 8" floppies. My cell phone, camera, Palm TX and the Kobo Touch have more power than the $250,000 or $500,000 mini computers I was programming in the mid 1980s that were the size of two freezers.
Where will it be next year? Not a clue. But I''m sure enjoying the ride.
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Let's face it if ten years ago - heck even just 5 years ago - someone would've told me I'd own a device which I could hold in my hand and which would weigh less than the thick heavy novels I was at that time reading which I would allow me to be able to carry around literally thousands of books at the same time I wouldn't have believed them.
That's not counting all the rest of the things I can do with my Vox like web browsing and playing games. And all at a fraction of the price I paid for both my first computer and the laptop that I replaced it with.