If only I could have updated the CPU, I would be surfing the net with my Commodore 64 computer.
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's simplified, but its meant to introduce concepts. > > Computers are made to be obsolete. There have been several instances > where manufacturers have chosen to create a new connector instead of > using a standardised connector to force people to buy new cords for > devices. > Sony has taken a lot of flack for that in the past, that's just one example. > > In most cases, if the connections weren't changed (and not always is > this necessary), you can upgrade your machine much easier by swapping > the CPU. > Tests have proven that the real world difference between DDR2 and DDR3 > RAM, for example, is negligible. > > Another example she could have used is the AGP 8X slot, that has now > become the PCI-E 2.0 slot...but very few applications take advantage > of the increased bandwidth. There are even different versions of PCI-E > now. > None of this has any significant difference on the Graphics > performance of games, for example, at the resolutions that 90% of > people play at. > Now should she have used the above highly technical examples instead > of the shape of the CPU? > > i.e. the fact that we JUST got i7 processors, and next year we are > going to have a different version that will need different > motherboards? The Memory isn't changing, very little else is changing. > But the i7 you buy this year, isn't going to be as fast (it may be 5% > slower but it won't be as fast) as the one in 2010. > > Isn't this exactly the Planned Obsolescence and Perceived obsolescence > that The Story of Stuff refers to? > > 2009/11/20 Cameron Childress <[email protected]>: >> >> A very slanted and black and white presentation of an issue that's >> much more complex. >> >> Around the 13th minute she claims that computers are designed to be >> obsolete in a few years and says that she opened a computer to see >> what's inside and why. She claims that "only one little part changes >> each time" and they show this puzzle piece that's the magically >> changing piece > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308187 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
