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| Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
| Between the Vista And the Windows of Old |
Is the realization that extinction is closer than we think!
I have just been checking out the specs for the New Windows Vista.
* 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.
* 1 GB of system memory.
* A graphics processor that runs Windows Aero.
* 128 MB of graphics memory.
* 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space.
* DVD-ROM Drive.
* Audio output capability.
* Internet access capability.
Now, to seperate reality from the facts above:
1. Most of our machines huku cant even support a 1 gig ram.
2. The clones that akina Davetech and the rest sell to us (si u jua the cheapskates in us Kenyans) are merely modded to feel fast. (Processor overclocking 101).
3. What's a 128MB graphics card look like anyway? Most of us are content with the standard 16MB inbuilt AGP card that ships with 2. above.
4. WTF? Ati i delete my movies from my 40Gig Drive to install what?
5. What happened to the jamaa who was setting people up with internet as long as you had a landline? Ama iko Jambo?
Truly the world is moving faster than Kenyans can handle. I am reminded of the days when everything had multiple uses. Akina Tree-Top was reused to carry milk fromthe neighbour's, The numerous cans were converted to cups, and many other useful gadgets a la:
I digress:
The point is, we have at our disposal, a lot of computer hardware which in about six months, (assuming that Vista will not crash kama Longhorn) will only be as good as the tv in your house. For how long will we continue entertaining the Hand-me-down culture? (said while pulling up my "new" Hugo Boss shirt that i bought at Steep Road). From politicians to clothes, to cars, wives and girlfriends.
[Rant 1:]
Can't Microsoft and the Powers-That-Be in the computer world just create smaller software that works better? Everything else is shrinking around us, i believe. Windows 95 was a good operating system, Just that Microsoft has to mint money by selling us the "newer, better O/S", full of holes that a hacker and his camel can easily pass through! What we need is better- working software, fully patched and revving like mad. We have very big software that requires a faster machine, more disk space and more patience when it hangs!
Can't we just improve the working of the existing system to near perfection? The whole cycle of mistake after mistake in software is starting to bother me.
[Rant 2:]
Can these local companies, in the name of Corporate Social Responsibility, quit handing down their oldest computers to these rural schools, and instead form a framework of disposing computer parts? I recently visited such a school in the slums and boy, did they need help! The thing is, once one "donated" machine is down, they store it and use it to repair the others. Problem was, new software could not run! So the old things were just thrown into a heap next to the school where vagrants swung into action and made away with the components big time!
Yes, i have a big issue with Vista, now that XP has proved to be totally useless!
[Rant 3:]
Can somebody please tell Microsoft to modify their updates to delete their asses off my machine after updating it. I mean si they replace the existing files, so what are they still doing in my WINDOWS folder, jazaring my hard Disk?
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posted by Sammie @ 3:07 PM  |
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| 5 Comments: |
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Hey, not commenting on what you have written, just to tell you that I dropped by and was highly entertained by you blog. Especially loved the economics one and the Vs and Ws. Waiting to see more develop.
Happy blogging
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hey sammie..
you neva cease to amaze.
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If you factor in the fact that Microsoft said 8MB RAM and 386 processor could run windows 95, things mught be so thick that they tell you to buy 1 PC for vista and another one for your s/w!!!
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@Uaridi: Thanks a lot for stopping by.
@Kritik: The facts, just processed kidogo, Thanks all the same.
@M: it's indeed an honour to have u here. I believe its the Same bill Gates who in 1989 said 512KB is all that a user needed! Then there was no piracy, no spyware and viruses, and we didn't spend 3/4 of the time staring at a screen.
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peach:manze u really hit the nail in the head.. question is culd a dual core machine help in this case
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Hey, not commenting on what you have written, just to tell you that I dropped by and was highly entertained by you blog. Especially loved the economics one and the Vs and Ws. Waiting to see more develop.
Happy blogging