Sometimes I think the best part of my post-college working life was seeing the incredible advances in technology from the inside of the high-tech industry. I marvel every day at what’s now available to consumers for next to nothing compared to 25 years ago, when I first accessed the Internet from home with a DOS/Windows 3.x computer that, with add-ons, cost $2000, which is equivalent to $3500 today.
For only $100 you can buy a 10-inch tablet with an HD screen, and for another twenty bucks add a Bluetooth keyboard and turn it into very workable desktop computer. 25 years ago that would translate into a measly $70. Some of the new keyboards even include a built-in bracket for holding the tablet, but I’m using an old wire book holder and, no, I still don’t have a smartphone. Those things are expensive!