--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Alex Stanley" > > > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > That's what some pundits are predicting because many people > will > > > > > have to buy new Pee Cees to run it, upgraders will pay close > to > > > > > 300 bucks and many are just tired of the Spyware issues and > so > > > > > on which will surely follow Vista. It's said to be a fairly > > > > > different UI that many hardcore Wintel people may not > tolerate. > > > > > > > > I held out as long as I could before switching from Win2000 to > XP, > > > and > > > > I'll probably hold out as long as I can before switching to > Vista. > > > > After all, it's only when Microsoft starts shipping a product > that > > > the > > > > real beta testing begins, and it usually takes a couple years > to > > > weed > > > > out the most egregious flaws. Besides, this PC is only 3 years > old, > > > > and its 2.8GHz P4 is overkill for what I do. A couple years > from > > > now, > > > > everything will be multiple cores up the wazoo and fully > capable of > > > > running the most bloated of bloatware. > > > > > > > Exactly. v1.0 is never a good deal. Hey remember 640K max RAM > for > > > DOS with a 4.77MHz processor speed? > > > > Actually, I don't. My first PC, purchased in Dec 1992, was a $2400 > AST > > Power Exec laptop with a 25 MHz 386SL and 4 Megs of RAM, which I > > upgraded to 8 Megs with a $140 4 Meg module. Windows 3.11 > > I remember that generation well, since my friend and I were > convinced that a 25 MHz processor was as fast as PCs would ever go!
You guys obviously never heard of Moore's Law. Even though I couldn't wrap my head around all the implications, I accurately predicted the current state of computer games to my friends by assuming it was valid: computer speed doubles every 18 months. BTW, the equivalent law for computer graphics cards is that they double in speed once every 6 months. IOW, graphics card in the computer you buy 18 months from now will be 8 times faster than the one in the computer you buy today. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
