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I certainly remember that from years ago.
I would argue that it has become reality, given 100 dollars then had the purchasing power of a cheap Chromebook now. I suppose if you hand cranked diligently, you could supply the ~20W modern low performance laptops need.
For my actual PC, I think it's still worth buying good hardware. It's just so cheap to get a silly amount of RAM, and more cores get happily eaten up by keeping the Facebook and Gmail tabs open. However I've started using 100 dollar smartphones because I find the performance adequate, and that way I can just buy another one with minimal wallet impact if the screen breaks, the battery goes, etc.
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