>They have the Rolls Royce >auto that lasts a long time, why not a computer?
Look at the new Macbook Pro, as an example. PCI express slots did not exist 3 years ago. USB did not exist 10 years ago. FireWire was not available 10 years ago Bluetooth did not exist 6 years ago. DDR memory did not exist 5 years ago. The probelm with computers is not that they are built obslete, but that the technology is nowhere near stable There are somethings that could be "long term". But, consider a "case standard" for laptops, so you can put new displays, motherboards, etc, but the cost of that is every computer costs more, and you are forced into a size that is irrelevent. Imagine a "long lived" MP3 player, designed 5 years ago. Do you want a shoebox for your music, or an iPod nano? > It took 200 years for Rome to fall and I wonder how much >longer we can hold out. I know I am sick of trying to interpret poor >English from tech supports from India, Mexico etc. I don't mind that >we are outsourcing but I do mind that we are not receiving proper >service. You are hitting on another area. The reasons for economic decline are many, and few who understand the causes can communicate that to the many who want today's politics to suit their short term tastes/goals. Lets assume, for a joke, that an economist could "prove" that abortions would lead to the fall of the environment in 50 years. Talk to someone who supports abortions that another program they like, environmentalism, is being destroyed by another behavior they also support. People cannot think like that. Choice "inside an idiology" is not possible for most. So I believe the long term decline of the USA will continue, until either it collapses, or reorganizes. I fear the former, as people are so stuck in points of view, that reorganizing is so unlikely. Lets try to keep it from happening another 50 years, though, eh? "It would be wrong to say an operating system is more secure because nobody is attacking it." Bill Gates, doublespeak 2004 Mark James SoftRAID, LLC mjames@ softraid.com ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
