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RE: The perfect computer?

Zovits 2nd Nov 2009

Same opinion as for the others. There is no such computer that everyone regards as "perfect".
For me, the ideal computer would be portable, lightweight and fast enough to handle all the applications I might want to use.
Brownouts are very rare here in Europe, and a portable computer (aka laptop) has a battery to survive even a longer blackout.
As for the dust problem, it is perfectly possible to build a computer with passive cooling, so the case could be airtightly sealed. This may confront with the performance though.
The author has a very good point however, and that is modularity. It is very good if you can replace a broken, or performance-critical part alone, while keeping everything else untouched.
But even this scheme can only work until better interfaces make yours obsolete, then your computer still goes to a landfill.

Oh, wait. Computers CAN be recycled! Or better, can be given to charity causes! Believe me or not, there are lots of children in poorer areas or smaller offices that could very well get their things done on a "by-todays-standards" vintage computer. Even 133 Mhz was enough for office work several years ago, so those ~5-600 Mhz computers are very unlikely to be deemed to the landfills.