Just in speaking about computing. I have to disagree. The Apple II is still very much a computer. And can STILL do everything it did and more thanks to recent innovations. Plus it has card slots so it had more connectivity potential than say a C64 right out of the box. Yes the C64 has better sound and graphics but I am just talking base computing and expandability.
I get the impression Oldpcguy you mean to say it can do CURRENT tasks like a windows 11 machine and internet web page browsing using modern security.. Well neither can the first IPAD anymore thanks to planned obsolescence. Same with the last of the windows xp machines. Both categories still plenty capable hardware wise. Modern software is crap and I dont put modern software and modern hardware together in conversation for that matter.
Again, I run windows 7 and linux. I will NEVER run a new version of windows again. I run a xeon class computer as my daily unit and its plenty capable.. But I refuse to run garbage.
So are you telling me if stupid beureacratic restrictions were not put in place a dial up connected 8 bit computer still couldnt reach out to a bank (or via telnet, its irrelevant) retreive bank information and make transactions? Of course it could. Restrictions set forth by people dont really correlate to hardware being incapable as we have seen with smartphones, tablets, and computers in recent years.
I dont need a gui to make payments, type and email, write a document, etc.