[pachydermic]

Good thing computer prices are so ruthlessly deflationary!

It just doesn't really make sense to worry about this kind of stuff from a practical point of view. Sure, maybe it'll be a pain for historians and conservationists. But for everyone else, we'll just be constantly buying new computers anyways, right?

[asdf99]

that's very similar the home computer boom. if you look at the offerings at the time, everyone was running in a different direction. so many wonders. and in the end, cheap and available won.