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Six Desktops, three laptops, two smartphones, two dumbphones, one (will be three after xmas) tablet (for a family of six including four kids 13 and under).
Interesting, I looked up the term "minicomputer" to find out what one is considered in 2012:
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A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a class of smaller computers that evolved in the mid-1960s and sold for much less than mainframe and mid-size computers from IBM and its direct competitors. In a 1970 survey, the New York Times suggested a consensus definition of a minicomputer as a machine costing less than 25 000 USD, with an input-output device such as a teleprinter and at least 4K words of memory, that is capable of running programs in a higher level language, such as Fortran or Basic.[1] The class formed a distinct group with its own hardware architectures and operating systems.
When single-chip CPUs appeared, beginning with the Intel 4004 in 1971, the term "minicomputer" came to mean a machine that lies in the middle range of the computing spectrum, in between the smallest mainframe computers and the microcomputers. The term "minicomputer" is little used today; the contemporary term for this class of system is "midrange computer", such as the higher-end SPARC, POWER and Itanium-based systems from Oracle, IBM and Hewlett-Packard.
Currently, I have 4 desktops (counting the two at work), 5 laptops (one is a pretty old Gateway from 1999), one tablet, and two smartphones (one is a Blackberry, does that count?) LOL
I also have about a gazillion "dumb phones" going all the way back to 2001.
Currently, I have 4 desktops (counting the two at work), 5 laptops (one is a pretty old Gateway from 1999), one tablet, and two smartphones (one is a Blackberry, does that count?) LOL
I also have about a gazillion "dumb phones" going all the way back to 2001.
Yes, I never throw anything away, ok?
20yrsinBranson
So we can expect to see you on that TV show "Antiques Roadshow"??????
So we can expect to see you on that TV show "Antiques Roadshow"??????
LOL I get emotionally attached to my technology, what can I say. Although, I would love to use my Acer laptop for target practice it is such a piece of crap.
20yrsinBranson
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