>Certainly most people own computers. Mmm ... maybe in the US. But ignore that ... Stuff I bought that became obsolete through no fault of mine. Printers. Software (Photoshop). Scanners. Storage media. Perfectly functional ... but once you've been sold them the driver-support ends all to quickly. The "gotchas" include ink cartidges (prorietory) - batteries (custom fit). Nobody includes back-comptability today. In the automaotve industry (UK anyway) manufactures are obliged to provide comprehesive spares support for X-years. The computer industry are basically a bunch of "fly by nights". Yes, you can use phones and webcams to take pictures ... once you go beyong that you are caught in the upgrade loop whether you like it or not.
