The Demise of Hackable Computers

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The Demise of Hackable Computers 147

Posted by michael on Thursday July 12, 2001 @10:07AM from the hoard-those-athlons-now dept.

chipwich writes: "Extremetech has an article describing the impending demise of hackable computer systems. What if disposable computers brought a brand-new system within your budget for yearly purchase... Would you be willing to pay a premium just so you could install Linux on last years' model?"

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