WTF? The number of people that work for NASA or a bank are minuscule subset of the world's computer users. Just coz they might find a use for more than a gig of two of ram doesn't mean 99.99% of everyone else will.
NASA sends humans into space. They need state of the art technology. If I were an astronaut and I saw a C64 w/ cables and shit hanging out of the back as the device responsible for sending me hurtling through the atmosphere, I would quit my job immediately.
And what were the specs of the computers used to send men to the moon?
Yes, that was STATE OF THE ART. It was also dangerous, risky, and HOLY SHIT caliber to do what they did back then.. Theres alot better technology now. Lets use it, k? We don't need another Apollo 13 debacle because nostalgic zealots don't want to use new gear and would rather use Fossiltron9000 to send people to the moon.
Most hospitals around us run fairly low spec'd machines, beacsue its all they need for a patient database-yeah and i know about remote live video for diagnostics is A Good Thing, but its a niche thing that is mostly never needed.
I worked for the Cleveland Clinic. Its a pretty big deal, that clinic. They exist overseas. They're everywhere. They don't use low spec'd machines. Shit is top notch. It's like that for a reason. Cutting edge technology = success and efficiency. Good luck running patient databases on a Pentium II w/ 128mb RAM.
Or those real-time monitoring databases with alert software. Yeah that will go well.
"HOW DID THE PATIENT DIE?"
"WELL YOU SEE, THE AMIGA CRASHED BECAUSE WE DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH RAM TO DO A TRIPLE BYPASS SURGERY AND STORE ALL THE DATA IN REAL TIME AND THEN THE MONITORS FROM 1982 STARTED FLICKERING AND WE COULDN'T SEE HIS VITALS. WE THOUGHT MAYBE THE 286 RUNNING ALL THE OTHER GEAR WOULD WORK OUT BUT WIN 3.1 CRASHED. SRY"
Newer technology has its place-in the not too distant past, there were users who NEEDED the power of a Cray, now people are logging on to facebook or watching a poor quality you-tube of someone's cat with the a better-specced machine, saying they NEED that 8 Gig 8 core behemoth.
No they're not. Sounds like you're just jealous your Amiga doesnt run youtube so well.
AAh the motto upon which the PC market is built on:"If it doesn't run fast enough, buy new hardware", which really means "make it run slow, so you HAVE to". And the only reason why people accept it is because its cheap to upgrade so people just shrug and do it.
Yet again, you bust out the fail. What do you do when your Amiga isn't fast enough? YOU BUY MORE RAM AND ACCELERATORS. JUICE IT UP, GO GO GO.
The "if it isnt fast enough, upgrade" motto has existed since computers were made. Apple, Commodore, Amiga, IBM, all of them. Quit being a bigot. You updated your Amiga at least once when it needed more oomph, and you know it.
Except there is a looming shortage of rare earth metals, so unless they find another way to make the circuitry, it aint gonna be so cheap to upgrade forever.
get out. I think there are chimps with higher levels of thought than you. :laughing: