On Friday 09 March 2001 22:06, Doug McGarrett wrote:
I wonder if the computer "revolution" is not now in saturation. Probably everyone who wanted a computer now has one, and most businesses probably have machines that are as fast as they need. Particularly if they are running Win 95 instead of Win2K. It is now only those who really have need of superfast machines that will buy replacements. True, there are business aps that require new fast machines, but how frequently do these appear, compared to office aps that are now fulfilled? And perhaps business people are beginning to detect the uselessnes of upgrading Windows every year or two. Especially since WinME is a DOWNgrade in many respects.
de wa2say Doug,
The way I see things, the problem is not that people don't have a desire or need for faster machines. There is simply a lack of easy to use software that can take advantage of such performance. About the only thing I have done that really pushes my systems to their capacity vis-a-vis the CPU is compiling the KDE. (That may actually be more dependent on the memory bus speed than cpu speed.) I used to do some povray stuff back in the DOS days which really pushed things to their limits. The stuff was extremely difficult to work with. C'mon folks, how many little girls are there out in computer land who would love to play with an easy to use 3D animation package that could create fantasy worlds with butterflys and puppy-dogs? The "problem" is that the power of the hardware exceeds the power of the programs. Something else that would be interesting to know in the realm of this discussion is how people actually use their computers at home and in the workplace. How would people like to use their computers? Most importantly, what stops people from using their computer the way they really want to? Ease of use, ease of use, ease of use! Steve