I stick by my original for the following reasons: 1. Some power users did have 640k in 1981, while 128k-256k was typical on PC's
2. 512MB is plenty for all but a small percentage of users. Performance does not increase notably above that amount except for a few specific applications (very large databases, etc.) 3. I wrote that quote a little over a year ago, which means that number would be approaching 2GB today. 4. If you look at the amount of RAM that was typical and the amount available/useable over the last 23 years, you'll see that it stays very close to the amount that would be given by my corollary. Not that any of that really matters ;-) Geoff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Apple2list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 12:27 PM Subject: Re: Computers in school (was: Apple IIc +(color monitor?)) > On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 12:16:00PM -0500, Geoff Strickler wrote: > > "The number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits will > > double approximately every 18 months for the foreseeable future." > > -Moore's Law (as restated by Gordon Moore in the 1980's) > > > > I have created a modified version of this theory that I call Strickler's > > corollary: > > "The amount of memory required for a computer workstation doubles every two > > years." > > -Geoff Strickler, 2003 > > > > By applying Strickler's corollary to Bill Gates' statement, I arrive at the > > statement "1.25GB ought to be enough for anybody." > > -Geoff Strickler, 2003 > > Which is a bit off the mark. ;-) 640 kB was a lot of memory in > 1981, at least for a personal computer. These days, 1.25 GB is > normal for the so called "power users". > > If you replace 640 kB with 64 kB and use Moore's 18 month cycle > you end up with 2 GB, which is pretty close to what we see these > days (ie. we may be off by one or two 18 month cycles in 23 years). > So Moore's prediction was on the mark when put in the context of > memory. > > Byron. > -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
