Linked by John O'Sullivan on Fri 17th Oct 2003 17:48 UTC
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." Bill Gates, 1981. "64 bit is coming to desktops,there is no doubt about that, But apart from Photoshop, I can't think of desktop applications where you would need more than 4 gigabytes of physical memory, which is what you have to have in order to benefit from this technology." It seems to me that by the time it ships, Longhorn will need 4 gigs of RAM.
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Re: "640k ought to be..."
I actually researched this one before posting. I found some very old references in industry news. Also looked it up on Snopes.com the bible of urban legends, nada. If it is a legend, it came into being very early.
Re: timeline
OK, the timeline wasn't the best idea. But the main point is still good. A gap of 5 years (XP 2001, LH 2006) is a long, long time in the computer business.
Re: "don't see where OS X is far better.."
Don't want to start or participate in flame wars. But I have to say that OSX is unique. Apple has put Unix on the joe sixpack end-user desktop. That it doesn't look like a big leap is kind of the point.