Subj : Re: Thin client PC to run
To   : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Dec 01 2025 14:13:19

-=> Nightfox wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga> I have often thought that that "era" (let's call it '85 to '97 or so) of
 Ga> computing was my favorite time with computers.  Sure, we now have so much
 Ga> more capability, and Linux, and graphics galore and all.... but.... that
 Ga> period of time was when I feel like I "peaked" in many abilities. All the
 Ga> stuff you had to know to maximize MSDOS, and batch files, and putting *so*
 Ga> many pieces of software together to run a complete BBS/Mailer setup.  I
 Ga> think of it as the "Golden Years".  ;-)

 Ni> What I liked about that time (and I was also fairly young and didn't
 Ni> get my own PC until 1992) was that upgrades were a lot more
 Ni> significant, so it was a much more noticeable difference.  For
 Ni> instance, going from a 12mhz 286 to a 40mhz 386 or from monochrome
 Ni> graphics to color, or adding a sound card to a PC, were exciting
 Ni> upgrades.  After making those kinds of upgrades, I was excited to use
 Ni> my computer.  Also, home computers were still a relatively new thing in
 Ni> those times, so there was the novelty of it too.  And things like being
 Ni> able to run a BBS from your home computer was pretty cool.

100% agree on every word of this!

 Ni> Although I like today's computers too, I feel like technology has
 Ni> reached a bit of a plateau, and computer upgrades these days often
 Ni> don't seem quite as significant or noticeable.

No doubt about that, either.

I think we have peaked, and are now on the downhill slippery slope, 
headed to AI taking over the world.  :-(



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