Mar 9, 2006
Something I've been noticing lately is that computers aren't getting any better. Well, maybe they are getting better; it's the programs that aren't. I have one of the most powerful computers in the world (slight overstatement) at work. It's got a Pentium 4 3.2 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM. Nothing can stop this thing. Except big, stupid, obnoxious programs like SolidWorks, a 3D modeling program. Or even AutoCAD, a 2D lines-and-circles modeling program. Why is it that software writers can't make their programs run faster? I don't think they've made any major improvements in quality over the past several years. The programs I used to use on Windows 2000 are pretty much the same as the ones I currently use on Windows XP, except everything ends in a slightly larger number, indicating a later version. So why is everything so slow on my super-fast computer? And why is everything so unfathomably big? I had to install a 3 GB program that performed the same functions as it's 500 MB previous version.
Answer these questions and I'll give you a cookie. #technology
Answer these questions and I'll give you a cookie. #technology
Newer program versions have new features, which makes them desirable, so people upgrade their software, but the newer code is more bloated than the old code, so people buy faster computers so it will run tolerably. Repeat until you die. This is how its always been, I think, and its not by accident.
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