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"What would you like to see..."

happen to computers in the next few years...

Me, I would like to see them crash less often, become more user friendly, and get smaller and cheaper so that I can have a 4Ghz PC with 256Mb of memory and a 40 gig HD, all the size (and price?) of a Gameboy Advance.

Hey. I can dream eh?

Bob wrote:
> Mind control. A system built into your body

Whoa. Like that Clint Eastwood movie where he nicks the Russian plane which uses mind control for the weapons systems eh? I like that idea, probably dead expensive, and would make people worryabout catching a virus from the PC in more ways than one!

ajg wrote:
> Looking forward to widespread Bluetooth.

Me to. How about a bluetooth controller device, say, like a PDA or Nokia phone, or a GBA-type thing, that let you control all your e-mails, phone calls, daily stuff, erm, temperature of your house... Something that can communicate with multiple different platforms, like Windows, or Linux, or Mac OS... So...

Say I went to the train station, I ask my Bluetooth enabled PDA for the next train home, it connects to the Train Station Info system (lets say it is Windows based), gets me the time, tells me the platform number, and lets me pay for my ticket, all at the same time.

If the train is on time, off I go, I get home but now I need to catch a bus, once I'm in range of a bus shelter I can connect to the (Unix-based?) Bus Info System, my PDA can tell me when the next buss is, or suggest alternative bus routes I might like to take.

I think it will happen. It will just take time.

That new imac looks awesome. I want one - do SR sell macs? If not, then why?

I want it to control my house, plain and simple. Not sure how it would handle crashes though...

Looking forward to widespread Bluetooth. Bill Gates keynote speech the other day at the Comdex meeting about seemed to focus on compatability, and I'm sure thats the way to go.

Sharing information and functionality between different platforms, is what I'd like.

Mind control. A system built into your body containing a throat mike, inner ear piece, retina projector and finger tip sensors. How cool would that be.

I would like to see more network integration. I would like to see communications between systems become secured, safe and fast. I would like to have access to anything I wanted, whenever I wanted it at the touch of the button, I want to be able to have integrated entertainment, with music, television, games and movies all supplied through the internet, satelite or cable television.

In short, I want the Playstation 3 to become broadband enabled, and I want it yesterday.

happen to computers in the next few years...

Me, I would like to see them crash less often, become more user friendly, and get smaller and cheaper so that I can have a 4Ghz PC with 256Mb of memory and a 40 gig HD, all the size (and price?) of a Gameboy Advance.

Hey. I can dream eh?