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    Quote Originally Posted by ajbrun View Post
    It's only future proot if you only take into account software that's available today. I'm sure in 5-10 years time, you'd need a system ten times more powerful to run the OS of the day (example below from 10ish years ago ).

    "Game ports"

    That actually made me cringe

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    Quote Originally Posted by ajbrun View Post
    It's only future proot if you only take into account software that's available today. I'm sure in 5-10 years time, you'd need a system ten times more powerful to run the OS of the day (example below from 10ish years ago ).

    That sticker at the top says 'upgrade your PC to the fastest model on the market every 2 years for only $99!'

    Man oh man, I wish I knew about that deal when it came out. Taking bets that company went bust a long time ago...
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    256MB Max... I'm sure even 10 years ago people could have guessed that would be obsolete by now!

    One day computers will be smaller than your house!
    1.21 GIGAWATTS!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by chicken View Post
    One day computers will be smaller than your house!
    No way! Man I'll be glad when I don't have to have this giant CRAY in my living room...

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    asa are flipping joke again this shows that these government "watchdogs" are idiots with no powers whatso ever and are just the lacky boys of corporations

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    I still think the PC World "It's got a Centrino processor - which means you can access the Internet from anywhere..." was the best one

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