Why does technology evolve too fast?
- Me
That question has haunted me so many times. It has appeared in many inconvenient places, in my solitude, in my dreams, while I’m working in front of my computer, even when I’m writing this blog post (obviously).
It’s been a year since I have built my desktop. In fact, it just had its birthday less than a month ago. But look at it now. It’s now old by a gamer’s standard. The once powerful Intel Core 2 Quad is now overshadowed by Intel Core i7 Processors, while my ATI Radeon HD4870 is now the new HD5870’s bitch. Also, there are a number of games now that I could not max the settings on without my game slowing down to the speed of a 40’s film.
Even my laptop feels its quick aging. The proud ultraportable Lenovo Thinkpad X60s is now a weeping pile of shame as my battery – well, died out. Hopefully it will get fixed, however.
There is one way to smile despite these however – by looking at other people.
Take a look at those computers in derelict computer shops scattered around the Philippines. The computers are equipped with nine year old Intel Celerons and Nvidia GeForce 4400s that they couldn’t even run Warcraft III. I think my laptop even does a better job.
In addition to that fact, despite my laptop’s portability being very crippled due to its dead battery, it still manages to go through some world standards. Its size is pretty small, the 11” notebook is near the netbook 10” size, but manages to pack an Intel Core Duo processor and 2GB of RAM, features most netbooks and entry-level laptops do not possess. It’s also much snappier and cleaner than other notebooks, because its proud owner has done a lot to keep it oiled and powerful.
So that’s it. Even though my equipment are quite a bit old, they still manage to kick some ass, if not all of them.
