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    Image of HeroOfTomorrow HeroOfTomorrow
    11/03/09

    In reply to Disposable Laptop Works Better as a Metaphor Than as an Actual Product
    So, it's powered by a cardboard battery?
    Did they just solve global warming? #disposablelaptop
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Disposable Laptop Works Better as a Metaphor Than as an Actual Product
    You could argue that laptops are already "disposable" - they just last for a few years while disposable cameras last for X number of shots. #disposablelaptop
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    11/04/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: Yep. And speaking of, almost time to dispose of this hunkajunk... #disposablelaptop
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Disposable Laptop Works Better as a Metaphor Than as an Actual Product
    I think Laptops are way too much of a personal item to have throwaways... It's hard to make a camera "yours", so it's easy to have a detachment to the product, unless of course you have a bedazzler and rein stone the shit out of it.

    Throwing away a laptop or desktop, to me, is like euthanizing your dog... #disposablelaptop
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    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    11/03/09

    In reply to Disposable Laptop Works Better as a Metaphor Than as an Actual Product
    Well, disposable cameras made sense because a camera takes a set number of pictures before you have to change the film reel(this is before digital cameras, obviously), so they did away with the need to do so by making them single use. You could then get the pictures out of it and be done with it.

    What's the set number of things you do with a laptop before needing to mess with it somehow? What permanence is there to anything you did on said laptop once it's disposed of? Are they expecting some kind of laptop developing stores that will rip out the harddrive and throw the data on a flash drive or something?

    I just don't see the equivalent uses that would complete the analogy between this and a disposable camera, and thus make this worthwhile. #disposablelaptop
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    11/03/09

    @MarcusMaximus: Cloud Computing + one-time-use battery #disposablelaptop
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    Image of ethanlechcharles ethanlechcharles
    11/03/09

    In reply to Disposable Laptop Works Better as a Metaphor Than as an Actual Product
    I don't really understand..
    With cameras you use the film and then bring the camera in for processing.. What about these laptops would stop anyone from just using them forever? Unless there's a joke in here that I don't get.

    Anyways, gotta go get my hard drive developed. #disposablelaptop
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Disposable Laptop Works Better as a Metaphor Than as an Actual Product
    How about one made of cheese? #disposablelaptop
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Disposable Laptop Works Better as a Metaphor Than as an Actual Product
    It needs to be made out of the same material used for ice cream cones. I'd don't want my precious data going into the wrong hands. It must return to whence it came. #disposablelaptop
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    11/03/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Sprinkle and chocolate dipped, or waffle? #disposablelaptop
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    11/03/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Your data comes from poo? #disposablelaptop
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    11/03/09

    In reply to Disposable Laptop Works Better as a Metaphor Than as an Actual Product
    Disposable laptops? I thought the term Netbook already encompassed this idea. #disposablelaptop
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    11/03/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Could you bring yourself to throw away your £200 netbook then..? #disposablelaptop
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    11/03/09

    @james-am: If I spent $200 US on a laptop/computer, I'd consider it throw-away. #disposablelaptop
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    11/03/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: Throw it this way then, please. I need something to help distract my 2 year old son when he goes all "gremlin" on me.

    -"Look, shiny buttons!! DESTROY THAT!!" #disposablelaptop
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    11/03/09

    @I see the light. It burns!: That would mean that I would spend a mere $200 on a laptop/computer.

    Basically, I just don't buy disposable crap. #disposablelaptop
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