Re: the computer built to last 50 years

Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote or quoted:

                 The computer built to last 50 years

  I bought an off-the-shelf laptop (probably China-made) in
  2014, used it ever since, and am using it right now. So it
  lasted about 11 years, or 22 percent of 50 years already,
  probably with less than 22 percent of the effort described
  in "The computer built to last 50 years" . . .