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Mark Anderson <mea@nospambradnylion.com> wrote:
>Had to stop by Microcenter today.

>Gone are the $99 refurb special desktops (at least today).  

>The Samsung tablet I bought 2 years ago on sale for $185 is now $115.  
>It hasn't improved much over mine but probably runs the latest OS.  
>Samsung keeps asking me to upgrade but Mark never upgrades OS on current 
>hardware -- especially upgrades to firmware because Mark doesn't like 
>turning his perfectly working device into a door stop and having to buy 
>another one.

>They turned the games section which used to be part of the book section 
>into a mini Radio Shack.  Arduinos, Pis, Beagle boards, transistors, 
>soldering irons, all kinds of stuff for the kid who wants to be the next 
>Steve Wozniak (Jobs was only the marketing guy).

Bob Dole probably doesn't update Bob Dole's hardware either...

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