This image is part of a series related with objects that changed our life by the end of the XX century and now are obsolete. In this case, this CPU was a high end desktop computer, fastest processor available, huge data storage, top of the line graphic card, but one day the power unit, a minor component, stop working and it's discontinued, turning the whole thing useless.
This image is part of a series called "XXI Century Archeology". It's related to document objects that change our life by the end of the XX century and, by now, are obsolete. It's intended to question planed obsoleteness and the need of the high end companies that have to "innovate" in order to maintain it's capitalization value in the stock market
This image is part of a series related with objects that changed our life by
the end of the XX century and now are obsolete, useless. It's an exercise of
how an anthropologist in the future will record or classify the objects found
in study sites. Also a reflection on how the planed obsoleteness is a
necessity of the high tech companies in order to maintain their
capitalisation in the stock market.