Think-Dash: This Ancient Laptop Is The Only Key To The Most Valuable Supercars On The Planet

Thursday, April 28, 2016

This Ancient Laptop Is The Only Key To The Most Valuable Supercars On The Planet

This is a Compaq LTE 5280 laptop from the early 1990s, running a bespoke CA card. In 2016, McLaren Automotive—one of the most high-tech car and technology companies on the planet—still uses it and its DOS-based software to service the remaining hundred McLaren F1s out there, each valued at $10 million or more.

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

This Ancient Laptop Is The Only Key To The Most Valuable Supercars On The Planet

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