The record for "Most Spectators Killed" is still held by Group B.
In a very serious nature, I feel cheated!
Yes, there is a lot of current tech that is amazingly more capable than it was 20-30 years ago.
But!
I look at my PC box, and you know what, It looks just like my PC box of 1995!
And it does all the same things too, A bit of WP, some spreadsheets and, of course, it plays games!
Of course my current box is massively more capable than my box of 20 years ago but what I actually expect it to do hasn't actually changed (advanced?) at all! It just does what I wanted 20 years ago but a bit better!
It doesn't do anything fundamentally new.
And I cannot help but feel that represents of most of what the tech advances advances over the last 20 years or so actually mean.
Ssh you might offend somebodyThe UK has - in just a Generation - gone from a 'You can do anything' mentality to a 'You can't do anything incase it upsets someone' one.
I've got to say that I disagree with this statement somewhat, PCs themselves do a certain thing, but its the software that you actually work with. and in terms of software from 1995 we have progressed, in terms of gaming graphics from 95, we have progressed. there are things that your current PC can do that your 1995 PC simply wouldn't be able.
spreadsheet software/WP software/ design software/ browsing software has all advanced consistently over the years.
all the advancements have been small changes but you don't fundimentally change something that works do you ?
You wouldn't suddenly start putting a car steering wheel above the drivers head for example, you stick with what works and make small changes with each new iteration.
look at HTPC software/NAS software, ultimately more capable than what was on offer 20 years ago. I know I tried to build a HTPC 20 years ago and ultimately failed because I never got round to making the software work, the machine was built in a SFF case (and even watercooled) I just got bored with the software, nowadays I can have a working HTPC up and running in an hour from start to finish pretty much.
further to that, who says that PCs are actually the future anyway, more and more people are migrating to smartphones and/or tablets.
my phone is now more powerful than the PC I had 10 years ago, let alone 20. and my phone is more powerful than the average persons current PC (judging by the absolute rubbish I see come in to my shop)