On 18/04/2011 10:11 AM, Krypsis wrote:

> I get rid of old computers. My iMac is the oldest survivor at 10 years
> of age. The rest are related to my employment or ex-lease ones which
> have been given to me by the IT boys. Antique IT equipment doesn't have
> the same allure as old furniture or bric-a-brac. It does invoke memories
> however not to mention amazement at how far things have come and how
> cheap they are now.
>
I still kick myself over a laptop I returned when I retired. It was
supposed to be a mobile terminal but the modem was broken so I could not
use it for its intended purpose. About a month before I retired we were
all issued with brand new laptops. On my last of work I went down to the
district office to return all my gear, including the two laptops. They
asked about the old one. They didn't know I had it and were under the
impression it had been returned to head office.

I could have had a free laptop, a pathetically slow piece of crap with a
monochrome screen and one of those useless rollerballs. Of course, it
might also have been equipped with software that would have got me in
trouble if I ever went on line with it.