Re: Can anyone identify this card?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Bender MX wrote:

>"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> It's all for fun and learning. Besides I'm
>> disabled so it gives me something to do.
>> Also, computers are obsolete as soon as you
>> buy them.
>
>
>Very true Bill,
>
>  Comps are obsolete almost immediately nowadays.
>Thats what makes the Apple II's so special to me,
>I mean can you imagine a machine running at 1 Mhz
>lasting for 10+ years of production nowadays?

The longevity of the Apple II design is a wonder.

But I'm sensing a real deceleration in the PC market
over the last year.

Moore's "Law" used to give us about a factor of two
every year or two--usually every year in the processor
race.  But for most of 2003, I've been seeing 2.8GHz
P4's as the "normal" machine.  About the only question
for a medium-high end desktop (not gaming) machine
is whether it includes a DVD burner, a probability that
has been slowly rising throughout the year.

Part of the reason I noticed is that I'm in the market for
a new machine.  The current one is 3+ years old and, even
with upgrades, is getting to be a little slow for video editing.

And after I installed an 80GB WD "Jumbo cache" drive, it
has developed a frustrating habit of overwriting its partition
table, etc., about once a month.  ;-(  At least it's teaching
me to do backups.  ;-)

Sad to say, the market in computer applications is even
more sedate--everything moving from version 6 to version
7, without any big improvements in capability or innovation.

If I didn't know better  ;-) I'd say that we were running out
of good ideas to use computer power!

So, here's a great opportunity for all those who think that
Microsoft doesn't innovate enough--do it yourself!  Have a
great idea for something that a really fast computer can
do that lots of real people would like to do!

Let's keep this train moving!

-michael

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