In the third part of the book, Slade talks about the start of Windows and Macintosh. Bill Gates, inventor of Windows, got his idea from Macintosh. Many people did not know this but there was a lawsuit against Gates for stealing the idea from Macintosh. He was invited to a viewing of the new Mac OS system launching, in which he found the idea for his "Windows." It became the most widely used operating system across the globe. Gates has developed so many different versions of Windows such as Windows 95, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and the new Windows 7. Technology improves everyday and with that people have different expectations of what is new to come or what they already own. Cell phones is a prime example of that. The E-Waste, aka electronics waste, is a big problem right now. People change their cellphones so often that there are all these electronics devices being wasted. Burning it would create too much pollution to the air. But most people don't actually recycle or donate their old items.
There are pros and cons to technology growing. But with people's expectations of today's growth, many things become a waste. I find myself playing with a new droid because i was sick of having a blackberry. But i did not go through e-waste because my blackberry was actually broken when i switched. But the point is, do i really need a droid? I have plenty of old cellphones sitting in my room that I could have easily just activated and used, but technology has made me want something more recent and smart.
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