The Shrinking Middle Class in America

[Al B. Sure!]

I don't see how computers have declined in quality, I still own a Dell Dimension 3000 that's ~5 years old and still works fine. It was cheap when it was new so I doubt that it was designed to be especially durable. I have a hard time believing that the average consumer wouldn't be fine with upgrading their computer once every five or so years. I have a hard time believing the improvements in memory and speed over the past five years don't make computers any better for the average consumer.

The computer I am posting from right now is from around 2001. On top of that, it was a budget PC at the time, being an E-machines PC.

However, nye might say that they stopped making them durable 5 years ago and old computers are still usable because they're so durable.

[DaShi]

Yes, Alpert. You're from Philly. We all know.