"Visitors to Microsoft chairman Gates' new mansion in Medina will find themselves in an electronic Disneyland where they will be able to "call up" a favorite painting or photograph on combination TV-computer screens.
"Right now, only a billionaire could afford to try $80,000 monitors and $150,000 computer-storage devices (the house could have several) that may be needed to make this all work."
from "Bill Gates: 50,000 Computer Paintings On Call" (1991)
I remember reading about the various technological features Gates put in when he built his home. I would be really interested to read/see (video would be awesome) a followup piece about whether many of these things either required regular upgrading or else have simply become antiquated. I would guess that his family kept upgrading the home, but details would be interesting.
"Right now, only a billionaire could afford to try $80,000 monitors and $150,000 computer-storage devices (the house could have several) that may be needed to make this all work."
from "Bill Gates: 50,000 Computer Paintings On Call" (1991)
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