A little over three weeks ago the world was amazed when Cubans were finally allowed to buy computers. For seven and something hundred dollars they were allowed to buy a bellow average system. That was great news.
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I have been using a computer for more than15 years already. Imagine if I was born in Cuba… Who knows if I would have been able to even dream about purchasing a personal computer. PCs have been banned by the Cuban government for years now. The only available ones were on the black market, if you had the money for it. I don’t even want to imagine what you would have had to do to get internet… Dial-up of course!

But fellow Cubans, I heard you were given excellent news. Every Cuban that affords it can legally buy a personal computer: Celeron processors, 512MB of RAM, Windows XP, and a CRT display. The price? $780. Huge, I know, given the average salary is somewhere around $20.

These computers are only available at one store for now. As for Internet access, that hasn’t been approved yet for the general public. Only state journalists or trusted officials, whatever that is, will go online. We’ll let you know what the future brings. Did any Cuban read these lines? Let us know!

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