{"id":1152,"date":"2010-03-13T14:27:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T03:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2010-03-13T14:27:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T03:27:48","slug":"computers-%e2%80%93-then-and-now-kind-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hifi-writer.com\/wpblog\/?p=1152","title":{"rendered":"Computers \u2013 then and now (kind of)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just found this table, which was an accompaniment to a piece I wrote for a magazine back in 2004. Obviously seven years later the ‘Now’ computer has improved even more, although not that much in raw clock speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/td>\n1982<\/td>\n2003<\/td>\nFactor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brand<\/td>\nDick Smith<\/td>\nTaiwanese bits and piece<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Model<\/td>\nSystem 80<\/td>\nP4 2.4GHz<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price (2003 $)<\/td>\n$2,250<\/td>\n$3,000<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Processor<\/td>\nZilog Z-80<\/td>\nPentium IV<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bits<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n4x<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clock speed<\/td>\n2MHz<\/td>\n2.4GHz<\/td>\n1,200x<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAM<\/td>\n16kB<\/td>\n512MB<\/td>\n33,000x<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Non volatile storage<\/td>\nOne data drive (audio cassette)<\/td>\n2 x HDD (120GB)
\n1 x CD-RW
\n1 x DVD-ROM
\n1 x 1.44MB floppy<\/td>\n		\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Expansion<\/td>\nProprietary, virtually nil<\/td>\nPCI-bus, USB<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Printer support<\/td>\nNil<\/td>\nParallel, USB<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display<\/td>\n12\u201d, monochrome text 80 x 25 characters<\/td>\n19\u201d, 24 bit colour, 1,600 x 1,200 pixels<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Operating system<\/td>\nCloned Tandy TRS-80 OS<\/td>\nWindows XP<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communication<\/td>\nNil<\/td>\n10\/100 networking, 56k modem<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio<\/td>\nNil<\/td>\n96kHz\/24 bit six channel audio card<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pointing device<\/td>\nNil<\/td>\nMouse<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interface<\/td>\nText only<\/td>\nWIMP<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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