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Computer Expectations of Today, and a Decade Hence?

Posted by Cliff on from the how-far-have-we-come-and-where-are-we-going dept.

Luciq asks: "The other day I was cleaning out my closet and started reminiscing about all the good times I had with my 33Mhz 486DX. I got the machine 10 years ago just as the first Pentiums were coming out. With a 33Mhz processor, 212MB hard drive and a whopping 8MB of RAM, I could surf the net at 2400 baud, manipulate photos and even play games with full-screen video like The Seventh Guest. Today I use an Athlon XP 2400, 80GB HD, 512MB [not 512K!] RAM. While I can do some neat things with it, I must say that it's fallen short of the wonderous expectations I had for such a system in 1993 (no immersive VR?, no seamless voice recognition?). What expectations did you have for today's PC, 10 years ago and how does the reality match up? What do you expect from computing, 10 years from now?"

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  1. Only 512K of RAM??? by venom600 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sheesh, that's not advancement. :)

  2. 512k? by muon1183 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    While our friend Bill may think that 512k should be enough memory for anybody, are you sure you didn't mean 512Mb?

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    1. Re:512k? by alib001 · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Are you sure you didn't mean megabytes (MB)?

  3. Oh I can't WAIT by dirtydiaper · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Computer worldwide will have a new form of SUPER PORN... this is super becuase of the "touch abilities" built in.. Every geek will contribute to this open source project. Everyone will get there custom porn star.. Wow, I can't wait :D

  4. 512K of RAM? by KillerBob · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Today I use an Athlon XP 2400, 80GB HD, 512K RAM

    Wow... my cell phone has more RAM than you.

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