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Entry level PCs costing less than $500 ‘will disappear by 2028’, research firm predicts
(www.videogameschronicle.com)
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The new entry-level PC will be a cloud-based thin client subsidized by collecting every bit of data it can about you directly on a Microslop server where you will have zero user choice.
I'm this close to just quitting society and becoming Amish or something. Technology is just getting worse and worse. Maybe I could be Amish but instead of being locked in the 1800s I just stay in like 2007 when technology was fun
Frutiger Amish