[orangecomputer]

As the original author of the Imgur post, I agree with this.

Reading about people who have written PHP code on entry-level mobiles in 2005, or other Australians who tapped away on 15 year old systems at their school definitely has put me a lot more at ease. It has made me realize that my situation was not as bad as I'd felt initially, but rather many other people had the same deal growing up.

Contrary to the shock and rejection of belief expressed by a lot of people who have obviously grown up in areas with well funded schools and financially secure parents, this sort of thing happened to quite a lot of people, and it is STILL happening today.

I'd say there is still some kid out in some house out where I used to live, who is sitting in his room, hopefully not under the same oppressive circumstances as myself, but is working with his dads "old Windows 98 system" etc because it's all he has. There's no "right" in Australia to be up to date with the latest and greatest. No kid here has a guaranteed right to a mobile phone and a high powered computer in his bedroom, but is very fortunate to have them.

Thankfully, technology is much more affordable nowadays. In 2004, laptops were multi-thousand dollar items, but you can get a used system with Windows XP (or even 7) for less than a few hundred if you shop around now. I find that incredible.