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    2008 months ago

    For context, the emachines “never obsolete” wasn’t referring to this computer, it was a recycling program where you could send your old machine back and get a huge discount on your next one. It was actually a pretty good deal at the time, especially when your average family machine was a lot more expensive than they are today

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      68 months ago

      There were a couple of companies that tried programs like this. PeoplePC was another similar program. You would pay for their services and they would lease you a computer every 3 years.

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        8 months ago

        If it’s in perfect condition, and they valued it based on second hand retrocomputing market prices… probably a nice chunk of cash.