technology

[talkinghand]

Ok, right now, the standard computer is a box about as big as a box fan. (the kind that is flat and fits in a window perfectly)

anyways, lets say in 8 years, what is your view on what computers will be like? Will technology that is in use now, still be functional with newer stuff, like computers 8 years old now, ARE still opperational, but will stuff like the internet have chnaged so much in 8 years that our current stuff just can't handle it, like a whole new erra of computing, and the old stuff can't even connect.

also if there is a new erra of computing, what do you speculate it will look like?

(my decision is being influenced by the movie "the first 20mill is the hardest)

well, what are your thoughts...

[Krell]

We covered this a while ago.

Taking in to account that there is a nominal amount of motherboard space needed, room for hard drives, etc, I dont see the more powerful ones getting too much smaller than they are now.

You can buy a small one with a handle on top that is small than a grocery handbasket, but it is not expandable. Trying to make a home PC smaller really encroaches on the handheld market. I think that flatscreens can be smaller with the developement of a thin-film polymer screen that can provide a high resoution color image against some back lighting.

Given the acceptable standards we have today and the economics of trying to "get small" , I dont forsee much change honestly.


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[Psilaxs]

The computer industry has never undergone a HUGE revolution.

It always evolves in a manor which doesn't throw the consumer, or the technology secter into a tailspin.

I can see things getting smaller with the introduction of solidstate memory (i cannot wait for this) Another reason why change is so slow in the computer industry and the peripheral market is, they dole out the technology, to milk as much money as they can from minor improvements to existing technology.