Big newspaper interview for me! (lets see whats gonna happen

From: John R. Keys Jr. <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Tue Jul 24 21:50:27 2001

Here they sell complete 133 Compaq systems for $40 at auction all the
time. You get a cpu, monitor, kb, and mouse. I have seen complete IBM
90's and 100's go for $1 per system with no takers.
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From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo_at_siconic.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 5:32 PM
Subject: RE: Big newspaper interview for me! (lets see whats gonna
happen


> On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 gwynp_at_artware.qc.ca wrote:
>
> > Moore's metric, a computer's price is halved every 1.5 years. So
that
> > pentium 100Mhz laptop you paid 3000 for 6 years ago is now worth 750
or so
> > NOT 1500. *sigh* Heck, I could get a 1ghz celeron desktop for that
much!
>
> Not even that. A 100Mhz laptop should fetch no more than $100-$150
tops.
>
> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
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