Kaypro: The Complete Computer Commercial

My mom used to have one of these Kaypro computers years ago. I believe it was a Kaypro 2. It had a metallic blue frame. I think she said it was just a word processing type of computer which didn't have graphics capabilities.

Kaypro sounds like todays Dell

Geez... could you imagine paying that much cash for a system with the specs that thing had, NOW? It had the processing power of a Gameboy!

*checks* No, scratch that... HALF the processing power of the original Gameboy. XD

you can say the exact same thing about todays computers in 12 years, so who cares?

The difference is, computers now don't cost that much for that little power and ability. The only exceptions are the highest-end PC's, and it'll take a bit longer than 12 years for them to be regarded as so inferior as to be unusable.

O RLY? Okay, pretty exact 12 years ago the first Pentium 2 with 233 mhz got introduced. Would you call this really Usable in any way by now? A Psp, a "modern Gameboy", has more processing power by now. Every 18 months, the average processing power of the modern Pc doubles, so in 12 years, there WILL be a portable gaming system with 3 ghz quad core processing power.

My point is that YES, today's cutting-edge tech will obviously one day be inferior, but it'll take a bit longer than 12 years to be almost unusable. A Kaypro, for instance, is not useful for... anything today, really.

A computer from just 12 years ago, though, can still be used in today's world. Granted, it'll be inferior and lack a lot of abilities, but it isn't just a brick. The more powerful computers get, at faster rates, the longer it takes for complete obsolescence.

@Sheepy007

Pentium II 300 MHz was released in late 1997.
en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Pentium_II

Overclockable to 400MHz, some were even capable of overclocking to 450MHz.
google. com/search?pentium+2+overclock +450mhz

Overclocking potential is not as high with today's cpu's.

In 1985, we had a Kaypro IV, that cost about $1500, when IBM type computers went for $5,000. Kaypro's CPM operating system worked much faster than DOS. I was the first person in our company to use a home computer to make sales presentations and communicate with customer's computers. There were government and university bulletin boards to connect with, since we didn't have the world wide web. A simple machine, almost indestructible, portable and easy to operate.

I noticed that. The episode where she replaces it with an iMac G3 was on Adult Swim earlier tonight. XD