Наткнулся на пост Дэвида Брейка (blog.org), о рекламном предложении в английской газете купить за 50 фунтов печатную машинку, чтобы сэкономить 1000 фунтов на компьютере:) Для сравнений Дэвид нашел в Интернете 166 Мгц десктоп Компак за 42 фунта с учетом налогов и доставки:)
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When I first saw this ad in the Weekend Guardian I thought it had to be satirical but no, the ingenious marketers at Bright Life UK (they don’t have a website, oddly enough) have found a new way of unloading a boatload of hideous old typewriters. ‘Save ?1000 on the cost of buying a computer’ (actually a quick Internet search found a Compaq Deskpro 166mhz for ?42 including VAT and delivery which would be ?12 cheaper).
But best of all is the appeal to nostalgia – ‘Makes a fabulous gift for all those who remember the good old days’. I remember the days of typing high school essays on a manual typewriter like this and there was nothing fun about it at all. In fact, it was the hassle I experienced then that encouraged me to get an Apple ][ in the first place!