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a few thoughts ...

(Topic created on: 25-02-2024 10:28 PM)
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davehorne
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Almost every post here is about a problem and that's certainly to be expected. 

I'm an old guy, I'm 73.  My first computer ran Windows 3.1 ... and I was late to the party.  I bought my first computer back in 1993 or 1994, a Gateway, delivered in a box with a cow design. 

I believe my video RAM was 1MB which I expanded to 1.5MB.  That made a noticeable improvement. 

What we have today, in a handheld device, is beyond any expectation I ever could have had. 

Every once in a while I mention to my wife how we take these advances for granted and she rolls her eyes. 

I know we have issues with various aspects of these devices, but to be honest, these are amazing tools.  

I know I sound like an old fart, but we shouldn't forget how good we have it.

I bought my first smart phone, a Huawei P7 around 2015.  I was outraged that I paid between €400 and €500 (I forget), for a phone.  

I had no reason to own a phone except to make calls.  It was ridiculous to spend that much money for a device that, for my use, did anything else. 

Several years later I bought the top of the line Samsung, a Note 8.

I spent some time learning the operating system and bought the top of the line every year since. 

I now use my phone for everything, my investments, ordering online, getting around, using customer cards, Facebook, email, ... everything.

I can take the train from my house to Rotterdam and watch CNN in almost real time. 

My point, we should take a step back and realize that, even with the occasional glitch, we have it pretty fuc*ing good.

That's it, rant over.  :smiling-face:   

 

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Joeeye
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As someone who grew up programming on a commodore 64 and Atari STs, I fully understand where you're coming from Dave. People often do not realise how far and how fast these mobiles have developed in such a short period of time. They expect huge miracles every year which always amuses me. Most probably never grew up in the 80s and 90s, so they never experienced the rise of consumer CPUs and GPUs over those decades. Tech has always progressed at a fast pace, but no moreso than we've experienced since the mobile phone era.
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