Question

what provides more utilitarian value the computer hardware or software that runs in the computer
Writeacher
The hardware can be there. It can be old or new or somewhere in between. But if you don't have good software that you know how to use, the machine is useless.

JMHO!
Reiny
I think these folk would argue that both were equally important.
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