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Pathos:

--- Quote from: davidnix71 ---The computer industry seems to have hit a wall.
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hit a wall???

dell is getting what deserves for screwing up so many customers.

Hardware is cheaper than ever, more compatible than ever and constantly improving. Intel has just released a superb new processor line, AMD have a strong and very competitive processor line. There is strong healthy competition in every area of hardware : processors, memory, graphics cards, hard drives, cases, motherboards. This has resulted in great prices, quality and compatibility. All the major innovations in processors have gone smoothly, 32->64, dual core, virtualization, etc.

This is mostly thanks to Microsofts lack of progress in the last years since the release of XP, they haven't broken all the hardware compatibilty.

In the software world there is a huge array of quality free applications, Linux/GNU is incredibly powerful, adaptable, and nearing perfection everyday.

I reckon the computer industry is one of the greatest periods of its existance. 5 years ago memory was very expensive, amd and intel had hit a processor frequency barrier.

It hasn't hit a wall at all but it has plateaued in terms of innovation. I really think the biggest problem is the lack of change in input/output devices. We have been using 2d raster displays, speakers, keyboards and mouses for the last 2 decades and they greatly restrict interaction with software.

we need the gloves from minority report and 3d holographic displays ... :) .. that will revolutionise the computing industry again.

Pathos:
oh and 1 gig of memory is easily used up. Battlefield Vietnam is years old and uses all my 768MB of memory.

Often in computer software you can sacrifice memory for speed and since memory's so cheap why not ?

GenuineAdvantage:

--- Quote from: Pathos ---It hasn't hit a wall at all but it has plateaued in terms of innovation. I really think the biggest problem is the lack of change in input/output devices. We have been using 2d raster displays, speakers, keyboards and mouses for the last 2 decades and they greatly restrict interaction with software.
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Heh yea like we will see anything but 2d displays for a very long time. Possibly not even in our lifetime will anything but that be the common thing. Sure they might get huge and reach tremendous resolutions, but today we barely have touch screens as a luxury. No holograms for us. Besides that, what if they came alive and got loose on the ship?

Orethrius:

--- Quote from: GenuineAdvantage ---...today we barely have touch screens as a luxury.
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Wait, WHAT?  At the rate we're progressing (pricepoints where LCDs were 2-3 years ago) we'll have multiphasic holograms by the year 2015. ;)

worker201:

--- Quote from: GenuineAdvantage ---No holograms for us. Besides that, what if they came alive and got loose on the ship?
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It would be pretty hard to do much serious damage to most boats:D

If it makes me an old codger to say that keyboards, mice, and flat panels are just about as far as I'd like to go, as far as user interface goes, then so be it.  Some things feel right.  I don't think I would like a home touchscreen or a 3d interface.

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