What is the world coming to? Do we really think that our time is so precious that we cannot wait 45 seconds for our computers to boot up? That’s too long? Of course I have had the experience of being in a hurry and my computer not seeming to understand my need for speed. However, life and time are both so precious that it really is just sad that people are throwing them away so easily. People are rushing through everything. Everything has to be faster and better.
Computer boot up times are being compared with that of smart phones. Consumers desire their computers to be ready, set, go as fast as their phones. What they are not realizing is that a computer has much more potential that a telephone, and a far greater memory. The phone has very little to load compared to a computer, especially if users a like me and have a lot of music and photos. Because such a large number of people are interested in rushing their lives away and are primarily using their computers for internet and e-mail purposes new gadgets called “netbooks” have arrived. Netbooks have essentially the same aspects of a smart phone as far as internet goes but they are as big a computer and have a keyboard. However, these books are still at least 400 dollars and it hardly seems worth it when you could have an entire computer for only a few hundred more.
What bothers me most about this article is that people are so impatient. There is really no need for you to have 40 extra seconds. Take the 40 seconds your computer needs to boot and take some deep breaths if that small segment of time is really that important then obviously you need to distress.
Article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/business/02digi.html?ref=technology
Source:
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone.htm
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/computer-memory.htm
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