"John Smith" wrote in message
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Oh my gawd yes, state-of-the-art!!!

... 60 years ago or so...



Do you have some kind of problem with anything of any quality or character?

Yes, the new stuff is small, light, etc.. and has lots of modes and such..
but it's almost uniformly garbage. And paying more money doesn't guarantee
anything.. look at the Satellit 800.

Back in the day, the cheap 'crap' of the day was so much better quality and
built to last many times longer than the best there is today.

"Progress" isn't always good.