Predictions About Computers

[dgridley]

Here are some interesting computers that were made about computers:

«Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh only 1.5 tons.»
Popular Mechanics, March 1949.

«There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.»
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC), maker of big business mainframe computers, arguing against the PC in 1977.

«I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year.»
The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957.

«But what... is it good for?»
IBM executive Robert Lloyd, speaking in 1968 microprocessor, the heart of today’s computers.

Anyone have any predictions THEY'D like to make about the future of Computers?

 

[dgridley]

Ah, tape drives.. who can forget the pleasures? I never played with Atari much.. always wanted an ST to play with but got involved with the Amiga (becuase I couldn't afford a Mac at the time).

I can remember lugging around suitcase-sized Osborne and Eagle portables, Data General "lunchbox" computers.. I once bought an Apple Lisa ( a business model Mac) for $5 at a garage sale.

Someone mentioned John Titor.. now that is a fascinating story..

My first computer was an Atari 800. I also had a cassette drive and it took 20-30 minutes to load Joust which I was getting pirated copies of even then. :hehe: