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- May 23, 2002
This is an excerpt from the following article:
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3997&page=1
The article basicly goes into the backgruond and evolution of RISC and CISC, but at the end they talk about the future of computers....Here are some points I found very interesting, as well as points which carry a lot of merrit. (Remember to keep into the frame of mind that we are the minority...that is enthusiests, were not Joe-six packs)
Just wondering what some of your thoughts/opinions are.
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3997&page=1
The article basicly goes into the backgruond and evolution of RISC and CISC, but at the end they talk about the future of computers....Here are some points I found very interesting, as well as points which carry a lot of merrit. (Remember to keep into the frame of mind that we are the minority...that is enthusiests, were not Joe-six packs)
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3997&page=1 said:2) Market saturation
The computer age as we know it is at an end. The massive growth of the computer market is ending as the market is reaching saturation. Companies wishing to sell more computers will need to find reasons for people to upgrade, unfortunately these reasons are beginning to run out.
3) No more need for speed
Computers are now so fast it's getting difficult to tell the difference between CPUs even if their clock speeds are a GHz apart. What's the point of upgrading your computer if you're not going to notice any difference? How many people really need a computer that's even over 1GHz? If your computer feels slow at that speed it's because the OS has not been optimised for responsiveness, it's not the fault of the CPU - just ask anyone using BeOS or MorphOS.
There have of course always been people who can use as much power as they can get their hands on but their numbers are small and getting smaller. Notably Apple's software division has invested in exactly these sorts of applications.
Just wondering what some of your thoughts/opinions are.