Point, he brings up a good point about gaming -- Intel stopped developing
faster chips whenever 1) new stronger GPU's started taking the load of running the advanced games away from the processor 2) PS2 and game machines took over gaming (mostly).
We do have actually stronger processors now, but it is with multiple parallel processors that are actually slower (less energy wasteful cores) than the earlier fast single core 64 bit chips.
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Windows 8 (if it is done right) should be able to run well on all existing hardware -- and I do mean the older stuff too.
If Windows 8 won't run well on an XP class machine then Microsoft is screwed (done gone down for the last time). People are tired of Microsoft's upgrade bullshit -- they are adding NO VALUE to anything lately by doing so.
XP class hardware is fine for Linux. Linux runs like a scalded ape on old XP class hardware, faster than XP has in a long time as a matter of fact.
(XP used to be fast, reload yours and don't patch it for a few days and just check it out for yourself)
XP class hardware can run Android, but nobody is really putting any effort into that as XP still works and is still going to be supported up through April 8th, 2014.
Microsoft has a real issue with their continuing existence if they don't pluck their heads out of their arses over the new Windows 8. They seem to be trying to make it all restrictive again, and that won't work this time.
Watch out for Chrome OS -- it is beginning to be able to handle various softwares apart from the internet connection.
Windows 8 needs to beat Chrome at its own game or Microsoft is finished within 5 years. If Google did combine more of Android with Chrome and have a self sufficient full operating system that had that million item App store's worth of cheap software to feed off of .... that's some real serious competition.
Google could do that -- Chrome and Android share a lot of the same code base. Android Ice Cream Sandwich will be the Android 4.0 that is the SAME STUFF on cell phones, tablets (and bootlegged laptops). Chrome will still be separate at that time, but for how long?
If you say "Computing device" and count all smart phones, tablets and everything else that computes -- Windows is about 60% of that combined market (and is shrinking year on year). What is dead nuts scary for Microsoft is desktops are dead (so says HP) netbooks are shrinking (see tablets) and android smart phones are the clear single largest growth market. Laptops are still doing OK, but tablet sales and super phones are hurting that as well.
Hit the ball out of the park with Windows 8 and you survive another 5 years in fairly good shape.
Shank it, and you get no second chance.
Here is the future, it has a fast dual core "state of the art low current draw" AMD chipset in it
that can run anybody's OS and the machine ships without an OS loaded (no Microsoft Tax).
And get scared again Microsoft -- this Zotach all in one thingie is intended as a TV/internet/Netflix combination tool. Surf the internet on your main screen TV while soaking up your shows over the internet (quietly in the background no less) to view whenever you want to see them. Or stream them and watch them as they come in as a live stream if your ISP is fast enough to do that.
http://liliputing.com/2011/09/zotac-launches-zbox-nano-ad10-nettopo-with-an-a...