[wplug] (OT) 32 more bits

[Drew from Zhrodague]

> We can see how big a deal 64bit was for those Suns and Alphas.  They
> just skyrocketed and left Intel in the dust.  Oh well, maybe Intel and
> AMD can make up some market share.

	Totally, and look what 64 bit computing has done for Apple! I 
guess not much more than the wow-factor, pretty much on all fronts.

	My biggest complaint is with software, I think. With all the 
whiz-bang hardware available, it is quite pathetic where we currently sit 
-- and this is why we're all linterested in GNU/Linux et al.

	As an example, I have a USB P5 glove interface, and 3D videocards. 
Like the P5, shutter-glasses are $20 from various vendors -- but where is 
my virtual reality? Not much other than a few demos and examples and 
press-releases.

	I think that a Palm Pilot has enough computing power for surfing, 
email, and systems administration. Software is so bloated today, where we 
need a 3Ghz machine with 2 gigs of RAM to do the same things we all did 10 
years ago on our 90Mhz pentiums -- with little innovation, save a few 
bells and whistles.


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