This picture immediately below is a main frame computer system from the sixties.
All that room full of computing main frames, magnetic tape drives, and printers can now be done with one of these two devices shown below. I find that amazing.
I remember dial-up internet when it took an unbearably long time to see anything on the computer screen. Speed then was a few thousand bits a second. Then came 2-G where one could get a 1-2 hundred thousand bits per second. Then 3-G with 1-2 million bits per second. Now we have 4-G with anywhere from 10 million to 1000 million bits per second downloads. Now 5-G has promised a minimum of 50 million up to 2000 million bits per second downloads.
I am not sure, but I think we will also need newer, faster laptops and phones to make use of those download speeds. One downside of all this is despite what download speeds your internet is capable of delivering, the website you may be accessing can still be slow due to old server equipment or heavy traffic on that site. That is something we need to be aware of to avoid disappointment.
I wish you happy gaming, researching and computing in your future.
Copyright Bill Weber 2006-2019 and beyond.
I am not sure, but I think we will also need newer, faster laptops and phones to make use of those download speeds. One downside of all this is despite what download speeds your internet is capable of delivering, the website you may be accessing can still be slow due to old server equipment or heavy traffic on that site. That is something we need to be aware of to avoid disappointment.
I wish you happy gaming, researching and computing in your future.
Copyright Bill Weber 2006-2019 and beyond.
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