Where we were 10 years ago
-Computer Specs Then – Now
-Cell Phones Then – Now
-Video Games Then – Now
- Digital Cameras Then – Now
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Comment on memory size. Speed quality (pixels). Include specific models and photos of items (5-6 photos per blog post)
What is Moore’s Law? When was it “proclaimed” or stated. Who stated this and what is his background?
COMPUTER SPECS (10 years ago). Many technological advances had been made including computer specifications. Alot has been changed in the past few years which could be the memory size and the capability of holding such amount in a smaller and thinner devices.Like how small the ipod is now a days compared to a computer and how much memory it holds. Also there is the factor of speed which has dramatically increased at least 2x along with the memory capacity every year according to moore’s law.
COMPUTER SPECS 2000
Minimum Requirements
Computer/Processor 133 MHz or higher Pentium-compatible CPU
Memory 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM recommended minimum; more memory generally improves responsiveness
Hard Disk 2GB hard disk with a minimum of 650MB of free space
CPU Support Windows 2000 Professional supports single and dual CPU systems
COMPUTER SPECS 2009 –
Dual-core Intel processor (Core 2 Duo or greater preferred) (desktop)
Intel Centrino or greater w/ 802.11g wireless connectivity (dual-core or greater preferred) (notebook)
2 GBs RAM (both notebook and desktop, recommend room to expand in desktop)
128 MB graphics card, dedicated RAM (256 MB or greater preferred)
80 GB SATA Hard drive
DVD -/+ RW drive (data backup and transfer)
19” color monitor – desktop / 14″ display for notebooks
Keyboard and mouse
10/100 network card (3Com or Intel recommended)
Windows Vista Capable
CELL PHONES – In the year 2000 you would never beleive the things that were created today such as touch screen cell phones and who would have ever thought of text messaging or video games on your cell phone! There are much better advances in the cell phone industry like the graphics on each and every cell phone. And back twenty or more years ago we probbably could not have thought that television could be run on our phones. Even 10 years ago we could only expect it coming. Although it depends on the country you are in, the cell phone in general has advanced dramatically. The quality of the Camera on the phone gets better and better, and the quality of the music in the mp3 of the phone ( sound system on the phone) gets better and better. While at the same time, the trend seems to be a smaller and a lighter phone to carry around.
VIDEO GAMES – Alike the cell phone video games have dramatically changed when it comes to graphics and gameplay because the creators of the video games had focused more on the players and less on other things. The reason for them to do this is obviously to attract more people to purchase their product but also to please the people that play it therefore making them want more. Now even on controllers there are more buttons to deal with which makes the game basically more exciting.
DIGITAL CAMERA’S – Camera’s have different advances some slower then others. In January 2000 the company casio beat canon to the 3.34 megapixel mark while in the year 2010 there are some camera’s that are around a whopping 27 megapixels showing alot of improvement in the past 10 years. The developing of photos and adaption of certain camera’s to other computers has a big affect on the people that buy certain types of cameras as well. My phone several years ago which was still quite heavy, ( with a woofer, and camera attached) has a 3.2 megapixel. We can conclude that the digital camera picture quality has improved quite dramatically.
As for Moore’s law it describes a long-term trend in the history of computing hardware, in which the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit has doubled approximately every two years. The capabilities of many digital electronic devices are strongly linked to Moore’s law: processing speed, memory capacity, sensors and even the number and size of pixels in digital cameras. All of these are improving at (roughly) exponential rates as well.This has dramatically increased the usefulness of digital electronics in nearly every segment of the world economy. Moore’s law precisely describes a driving force of technological and social change in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The trend has continued for more than half a century and is not expected to stop until 2015 or later.The law is named after Intel co-founder Gordon E. Moore, who introduced the concept in a 1965 paper. It has since been used in the semiconductor industry to guide long term planning and to set targets for research and development.
