Where we were 10 years ago
Computers
10 years ago the y2k scare prompted microsoft to make a operating system that was 5 years ahead of any of the previous operating systems at the time. To most people this would sound like good news BUT, to anyone who purchase windows ME it was a different story. The system was plauged with bad coding and cumbersome user input.
Today we have windows 7. An incredibly odd name but non the less an achivemnt in its own right. It is microsofts first major step forward to creating an operating system that apple cannot compete with.
Cell Phones Then – Now
Then : Large, cumbersome, bad batterylife, stupid looking, and above all incredibly expenive when compared to the amount of content that you can get from a cell phone today
Now : We have phones that can fix virtually anywhere and are able to access the internet, email, and text. Games and useful aplications are becomeing more and more common to mobile devices. In short the thing that we call a cell phone is not all that different from the computer that many people have in there homes.
Video Games Then – Now
Then : Video games were something tobe enjoyed. There were no casual games built for a horrible casual audience. The games took skill and required you to take time and enjoy the expirience. I can’y really say that there are no good games today but i find it odd that the game industry is the only industry that people look at and say “wow did you play mario?” even though mario is over 20 years old. You don’t hear people talking about 20 year old food or cloths. This fact is a statement that begs the question “what happened?”. I’ll tell you what happened! Nintendo changed its user base, thats what happened. they started catering to a group of people who in my opinion do not deserve to play games because they were unwilling to play the games that are considered great. Ever since then there have been nothing but horrible casual games.
Now : We have horrible casual games.
Digital Cameras Then – Now
The cameras 10 years ago weren’t really worth useing but because they were veiwed as a luxury item they sold rather well. They are a testament to the way our society thinks. They will buy anything as long as they have no idea how to use it and it cost enough to make them look rich. In the end this is the only catagory that i think had to change in order for the actual product to become wide spread.
Now : The cameras now are slim and take incredibly good pictures. Really its hard to imagine how any one could take pictures with film now that you can take a picture, see what its going to look like and even edit it right on the camera. The ability to delete any picture you take is almost indespensable. But all this is irrelavent to the fact that it is possible to hold hundreds, if not, thousands of pictures on the camera.
