当今电脑技术的发展称得上是一日千里,其更新换代的速度异常之快。据统计,目前一台个人计算机在出厂12个月后就落伍于时代了。美国每年销售的个人计算机中,有40%都是用来淘汰那些过时产品的。被淘汰下来的电脑正在日益增多。英国1996年被淘汰下来的个人计算机有100万台。在信息化速度较高的美国,已经有7000万台旧电脑被束之高阁,在今后10年,美国预计还将有1.5亿台被淘汰。废弃的电脑设备的数目更是惊人。据美国 The development of computer technology today is so fast that its speed of replacement is extremely high. According to statistics, at present a personal computer is outdated in the age of 12 months after delivery. Forty percent of the personal computers sold each year in the United States are designed to eliminate obsolete products. The number of computers that are being phased out is growing. The PC was eliminated in Britain by 1 million in 1996. In the United States where the informationization rate is relatively high, there are already 70 million Taiwan’s old computers put on the shelves. In the next 10 years, the United States is expected to have 150 million more to be eliminated. The number of obsolete computer devices is even more alarming. According to the United States