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Why Are PCs and Gadgets So Slow? (Who's Breaking Moore's Law?) - User Opinions
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My choice is based on performance
While Palm software does not always mesh with Microsoft software efficiently, I love my Palm PDA's. Yes, I have more than one. Why you may ask. It is due to the constant revisions where programs work in one version but not another. (I like all my programs, and I do not want to let them go.) The simpler days of computing appeal to me. Palm exemplifies this. I also have a smart phone (Motorola Q) with Microsoft software. The phone is a frustrating device at times. It seems to have half the capabilities of my PDA's. That may not be reality, but in practical application it is. There is always a pause in the phone applications, whereas the Palm devices are always ready to go. I wonder why laptops can't function in similar manner. What is going on in the "head" of a PC while it is booting up? Can't some applications be live and ready to go at all times? Why does everything go on hold while the operating system gets its morning cup of coffee?
Submitted by: Neil B.
Email: charango64@yahoo.com
Location: Vancouver, WA
Date Added: 2008-12-18
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Moore != speed
While I agree in general about software bloat, I would suggest that Moore's law does not equate to faster processors. I could be wrong but, I don't think doubling the number of transistor necessarily translates to doubling of speed, or "performance" (which can be difficult to quantify.) As a matter of fact, I would think that one could prove mathematically/scientifically that speed improvements (e.g. clock speed, flops, etc.)can never be directly relational to the number of transistors. There's just too much loss in the system (heat, communications, addressing, overhead, etc.) and the more components, the more loss. Additionally, is it the developer/manufacturer that is demanding the latest and greatest or is it the consumer? Perhaps, the consumer is as much to blame as anyone by paying (i.e. demanding) glitz over quality.
Submitted by: Anon
Date Added: 2008-12-16
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