nicketynick Wrote:
> ...heck, about the only thing you need today's processing power for is
> 3D rendering (Xbox is eating up that market), and high-end modelling
> (climate models, etc.) How many people even come close to 'working'
> their processors? (well, except for when Windoze screws things up!)
Wow - I'm practically speechless by this comment. But before I
continue, don't take offense nicketynick; I just think that your use of
your personal computer is highly under utilized.
I own a Playstation and an Xbox; although I enjoy gaming on them, my
computer offers gaming that both of those platforms cannot touch. In
fact, I have been doing high-definition gaming on my PC since the late
90's, as most desktop gamers have been doing at greater than 1024 x 768
resolution. It's only been with the XBox 360 released just several
months ago and the soon-to-be released PS3 that Hi-Def gaming comes to
the typical home user.
Great that the consoles finally caught up!
Further more, high-end modelling might be popular in workstations and
computers used at your local weather station or science lab, but the
typical home user it busy:
- Importing their photos from their digital camera and editing them
in Photoshop (or other software) which eats up CPU cycles like no
tomorrow
- Sync'ing their iPod and managing their music library (or
Squeezebox).. ;-)
- Importing, recording, and/or editing movies (whether it be
home-made or commercial)
- Burning DVD's, software, CD's, etc
- Gaming (ofcourse), right down to simple stuff like Solitaire
...and that's just "typical" home user stuff. More specialized areas
include music production (every Hollywood-associated producer worth
their weight in silicon has digital audio/video workstation software
installed on their laptops), education, your typical PowerPoint
presentation for the office - where does it stop?
No, I think that the personal computer/desktop/laptop and the need for
more powerful processors will be around for *SOME* time to come, even
though more specialized appliances might steal some of the limelight.
I challenge anyone to prove me wrong. ;-)
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