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in reply to @cathoderaydude's post:

I really do think one of the consequences of the 2008 financial collapse was that a lot of these companies got rid of their Skunkworks esque R&D divisions and just focused on pleasing the Gods of the Quarterly Return. Like I have only really since seen these kinds of swings only out of niche companies like Teenage Engineering or corporations with more money than what they know to do with/sense like Valve.

Yes, screen sizes are given in inches all over the world, and I, being in a fully metric country, find it pretty annoying. If you give me any screen size greater than 17" I’ll have no idea how big it is.

now that it’s been properly demonstrated i understand why it makes sense and why it’s a nuts luxury product

but what really gets me is the realisation that it was made in a time when people still thought a computer was obsolete as soon as you got it out of the box. someone buying this would have had the expectation it turn into a relic in like 3 years

now, it turns out 2006 was when that stopped being true, but imagine buying this as something essentially disposable

you know, that's apt af, more than you might have realized - because mine came with the DVD burner. if this buyer had waited one year and gotten the bluray, it would still be usable for almost all of its original purposes. but since they jumped the gun and got the DVD version, it was instantaneously last-gen

Plays television, DVDs, and blurays? Records things like a TiVo? Hooks up to the audio system? Operable by remote from the other side of the house?

This is the most "made for my dad" computer I've ever heard of. If he knew this existed in '06 he might have traded in his van for it.

finally!!!! a good video about the wildass luggable dell that my freshman year JROTC dormmate had

the guy who listened to nothing but mirwais - disco science and tears for fears - mad world. who got so mad he nearly passed out when the gears of war commercial came out because gary jules ripped off tears for fears (he had absolutely no idea what a cover was and it took half an hour to convey the concept.) and yes, he brought it to classes for taking notes

this was already truly the Most Computer Ever at the time, and it's only more true now

thank you gravis