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Wish list for a new Computer
Obviously my bread and butter depends on a computer, so I like nothing but the very best when it comes to a computer for myself! So what is in my wishlist for a new computer, what new features should it have compared to the last one I had? Well you don't have to guess, here is my wish list:
1)DDR2 RAM is passé, time to move on to DDR3, and given that 4GB is so commonplace these days, nothing less than 8GB for me. ( Note that 32 bit operating system can only address up to 4GB of RAM, so anything above $4GB RAM will require a 64bit OS).
2) Solid state drive instead of the legacy harddisks. Why? Because the solid state drives have no moving part and consume very less energy. No moving part means longer life and less to worry about losing data to a hard disk crash. Solid state drives, because they have no moving parts( compare that to 7200 RPM spin of a typical hard disk), consumes very less energy, as a result your laptop is likely to run much longer on battery. I know how much I have cursed the laptop manufacturers on long haul flights..battery dead in 2 hrs of use :-(
3) 32-nanometer technology coming up later this year from Intel instead of the current 45nm technology. This again should lead to efficiencies in energy consumption. A green machine, friendlier to planet earth, who doesn't want it!
4) USB 3.0 instead of USB 2.0 which is the defacto standard today. USB 3.0 is supposed to be 3, to 5 times faster than USB 2.0, as a result all the data transfer to/from your PC can be done quickly.
5) Although Windows 7, the latest operating system from Microsoft supports touch interface ( like iPod touch), there are very fee PCs today which have the required hardware. I will give it couple of months , hopefully by then the touch interface would have become mainstream and available to public at a reasonable price point.
That's it folks, this would make my dream machine and once it comes to market, count on me, I will be reaching out for my check book :-)
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Wish list for a new Computer
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