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Originally Posted by solomarineris
Computer technology went crazy in comparison.
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This is nonsense. The computer under your fingers right now still uses the same basic principles as the very first tiny hobby computers. You know, the ones without a proper screen, that had a 4 bit processor (or less), just a few keys, and a couple of LED number displays. It's still just transistors set up in such a way that they can perform very simple functions. The main improvements have been to put stuff that used to be discrete components into custom chips, and slow improvement of the material of which chips are made (allowing for faster speeds and more miniaturization).
What you see as crazy improvement is nothing but a long, long series of a small improvements, by many companies, on individual components, and a slowly increasing usage of those components as they could handle more. Many different manufacturers improved upon just a few components, and they become available constantly. When you buy a new computer every five years, all you see is how much faster and more capable it was then your previous computer. However, were you to buy a new computer every three months, buying one in the same price range as your previous one, you would notice a much slower rate of improvement.
To suggest that this improvement isn't normal, or possible, is a slap in the face of the millions of people in the computer industry, who have studied years, and worked hard, to get where we are now.
Don't believe me?
http://www.old-computers.com/museum Click on the years and see the slow growth. Please stop defending silly statements on fields where you obviously have no expertise at all.