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Subject: laptops too soon
Posted By: deanna toombs
Date: February 08, 1999 at 23:30:59

Dear Friend,

It is amazing to think about how much technology has progressed, especially when one looks at the relative history of human kind. A conservative estimation of the beginnings of homo sapien sapeins would go back around 15,000 years ago. Civilizations began growing in complexity around 5,000 years ago. Two or three thousand years ago our written history began. Jumping up to the 1600’s we see the age of exploration. And finally, the late 1800’s and early 1900’s brought the age of industrialization. Technology progressed enough in the 60’s to get to the moon. The 70’s brought more progress, like digital watches, and the 80’s brought home computers into the realm of reality. Then we continued our sprint in the 90’s. Computers and technology have continued to explode and expand and the internet is irreversibly a force to reckon with.

Here’s my point: If you put the development of the personal computer into perspective, one could see that technology isn’t finished progressing. New advancements and changes are still on the horizon. It would be prudent to wait a few more years before investing in computers for our students. The consequence of early investment may parallel the purchase of a beta audio video player by some in the early 80’s.

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Re: laptops too soon William L. Rukeyser, February 16, 1999 (0)
Re: laptops too soon Jan Van Dam, February 09, 1999 (0)

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* Comments: > Dear Friend, > It is amazing to think about how much technology has progressed, especially when one looks at the relative history of human kind. A conservative estimation of the beginnings of homo sapien sapeins would go back around 15,000 years ago. Civilizations began growing in complexity around 5,000 years ago. Two or three thousand years ago our written history began. Jumping up to the 1600’s we see the age of exploration. And finally, the late 1800’s and early 1900’s brought the age of industrialization. Technology progressed enough in the 60’s to get to the moon. The 70’s brought more progress, like digital watches, and the 80’s brought home computers into the realm of reality. Then we continued our sprint in the 90’s. Computers and technology have continued to explode and expand and the internet is irreversibly a force to reckon with. > Here’s my point: If you put the development of the personal computer into perspective, one could see that technology isn’t finished progressing. New advancements and changes are still on the horizon. It would be prudent to wait a few more years before investing in computers for our students. The consequence of early investment may parallel the purchase of a beta audio video player by some in the early 80’s.