At least you CAN buy the books - I'm stuck in the ass end of Africa, I had to rent a server in the states just so that I could buy e-books! I can buy the physical book and they will mail it to me, why can't I buy the e-book? Whats with the restrictions to other countries? Global village my ass.
The very fact that it uses platinum at all makes it costly - regardless of the amount. There is very little platinum in catalytic converters but that does not stop people from stealing them off of cars/trucks. At the time of writing this platinum was selling at 1761.00 a troy ounce.
It IS a general purpose computer! Just because the manufacturer/vendor/whatever chooses to lock it down does not suddenly make it a paperweight. Linux on the PS3 ring any bells?
The computer I learnt to code on was an 8088 - if memory serves me right it's clock speed was 4.7khz (with turbo), it had a whopping 640k of memory and a humongous 20mb harddrive. It was a huge beige box which was heavy enough to use for cover when under automatic weapons fire. My current phone runs at 1ghz, has 768 mb of ram and 16gb of storage. It also fits in my pocket and is not suitable for cover under any weapon fire (including potatoe guns). How is the first one a computer and not the second? I think you need to wipe the shiit out of your eyes and take another look at the world around you.
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At least you CAN buy the books - I'm stuck in the ass end of Africa, I had to rent a server in the states just so that I could buy e-books! I can buy the physical book and they will mail it to me, why can't I buy the e-book? Whats with the restrictions to other countries? Global village my ass.
The very fact that it uses platinum at all makes it costly - regardless of the amount. There is very little platinum in catalytic converters but that does not stop people from stealing them off of cars/trucks. At the time of writing this platinum was selling at 1761.00 a troy ounce.
It IS a general purpose computer! Just because the manufacturer/vendor/whatever chooses to lock it down does not suddenly make it a paperweight. Linux on the PS3 ring any bells?
The computer I learnt to code on was an 8088 - if memory serves me right it's clock speed was 4.7khz (with turbo), it had a whopping 640k of memory and a humongous 20mb harddrive. It was a huge beige box which was heavy enough to use for cover when under automatic weapons fire. My current phone runs at 1ghz, has 768 mb of ram and 16gb of storage. It also fits in my pocket and is not suitable for cover under any weapon fire (including potatoe guns). How is the first one a computer and not the second? I think you need to wipe the shiit out of your eyes and take another look at the world around you.