IT’S a common sight after the festive season has ended—the piles of
empty PC and monitor boxes waiting for the bin men. Curiously the latest,
greatest features from the “must have” department of your local computer store
always appear just in time to entrap the unwary shopper during the gloomy
December weeks.
Not that your average nerdy household needs much persuading. That’s the
clever part: the pristine machines sit on the shelves looking sad and lonely,
waiting for someone to offer them the comfort and security of a loving home.
Only later, when they are displaced by even glitzier…
