When building a PC will be laughed at...

[Orbital-Fetus]

Think 10-20 years into the future...people looking back on people who put together awesome rigs or whatever they could and got creative with their build posting up pics and specs.

imaging you are 20 years old in 2036 looking back on all this...or maybe PC building will continue to reign supreme and we will be looked upon as the OG's of this shyt.

 

[msims]

Why would this lifestyle change?

People won't build rigs 20-30 years in the future?

Why? What will happen?

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[atlbound]

the girl in ya avi Orbital... wheres her chin?

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Why would this lifestyle change?

People won't build rigs 20-30 years in the future?

Why? What will happen?

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i thought about that and edited my post.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

the girl in ya avi Orbital... wheres her chin?

she don't need a chin....i punch her in the nose.

 

[atlbound]

she don't need a chin....i punch her in the nose.

knowledge

 

[daze23]

don't hate

 

[Ayo]

Why would this lifestyle change?

People won't build rigs 20-30 years in the future?

Why? What will happen?

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As much as I hate using the buzz word of the moment...

Cloud computing. All processing will be in the cloud soon. The bandwidth Gods will bestow upon us 1gb/10gb straight into our homes.

That will usher in true stateless computing. Login from wherever, whenever and your shyt is just there. From any device. Paper thin displays with not a physical computer to be seen.


Play 'Crisis XII' without the slightest hint of lag? Why? Because you just upped your stateless computer account $5 a month to get that extra 16gbs of RAM. It runs so smooth my friend.


Working on that big paper and have to go on that trip to the Dominican Republic? Drop what you're doing, pick it up in the Dominican from that portal in your hotel room. Ya you can do it with Google Drive. But can you pick up where you left off on that bootleg copy of the hangover reboot 'Hangover' (starring PAX Jolie) you had running in the background?


That's where we are headed. OS's in the cloud already exist. Thin clients are in use everywhere and have been for years. But it's not true stateless. And it's not accessible from anywhere, anytime. The bandwidth limits are such that real money isn't being put into it at a consumer level.

Is this a good thing? Who the fukk knows. But you better believe that 20-30 years from now you'll be able to pick up a console for $50 at any store or monthly like the cable companies do with the boxes. Now you'll be charged for processing power, bandwidth, specs, and apps. A la carte. fukking computer packages and bundles. It's coming.


Computer hardware? Where they do that at?

 

[Liquid]

We still have to figure out the latency issue. OnLive and Gaikai have made some great strides in the past couple of years.

It will only be a matter of time before Microsoft buys OnLive. I am surprised they have not done it already

 

[Th3G3ntleman]

On a similar note the human specicies is . What's the last major breakthrough that has occurred that has truly changed peoples everyday lives. I remember as a kid I figured we be in flying cars and shyt, coming home on conveyer belts, and saying hello to the robot nanny after she spent all day with the kids like the jetsons by now . at us not even perfecting electric cars, and still using desktops in 2013.

 

[msims]

As much as I hate using the buzz word of the moment...

Cloud computing. All processing will be in the cloud soon. The bandwidth Gods will bestow upon us 1gb/10gb straight into our homes.

That will usher in true stateless computing. Login from wherever, whenever and your shyt is just there. From any device. Paper thin displays with not a physical computer to be seen.


Play 'Crisis XII' without the slightest hint of lag? Why? Because you just upped your stateless computer account $5 a month to get that extra 16gbs of RAM. It runs so smooth my friend.


Working on that big paper and have to go on that trip to the Dominican Republic? Drop what you're doing, pick it up in the Dominican from that portal in your hotel room. Ya you can do it with Google Drive. But can you pick up where you left off on that bootleg copy of the hangover reboot 'Hangover' (starring PAX Jolie) you had running in the background?


That's where we are headed. OS's in the cloud already exist. Thin clients are in use everywhere and have been for years. But it's not true stateless. And it's not accessible from anywhere, anytime. The bandwidth limits are such that real money isn't being put into it at a consumer level.

Is this a good thing? Who the fukk knows. But you better believe that 20-30 years from now you'll be able to pick up a console for $50 at any store or monthly like the cable companies do with the boxes. Now you'll be charged for processing power, bandwidth, specs, and apps. A la carte. fukking computer packages and bundles. It's coming.


Computer hardware? Where they do that at?

Why pay monthly for you own rig, though? I mean, I get it....you can use it anywhere...gaming laptops / pc's are so personal. And after 20 payments of $50-60, you'd basiclly pay for the "box" that you rent.


I can see this taking off, but I'd never be a part of it.


​

 

[Liquid]

On a similar note the human specicies is . What's the last major breakthrough that has occurred that has truly changed peoples everyday lives. I remember as a kid I figured we be in flying cars and shyt, coming home on conveyer belts, and saying hello to the robot nanny after she spent all day with the kids like the jetsons by now . at us not even perfecting electric cars, and still using desktops in 2013.

what is wrong with using desktops in 2013? There have been some major strides, but it all still has to go in cycles.

Desktop is bleeding edge and the most cost effective
Laptops can be bleeding edge, but pricey
Tablets are creeping to high end
Cellphones - midrange relative to computers/tablets (although that is quickly moving FAST towards high)

Consoles and handhelds are becoming computers at this point, but they will always be a market that remains static for years. They cannot be considered bleeding edge or high end after a year of release.

 

[Ayo]

Why pay monthly for you own rig, though? I mean, I get it....you can use it anywhere...gaming laptops / pc's are so personal. And after 20 payments of $50-60, you'd basiclly pay for the "box" that you rent.


I can see this taking off, but I'd never be a part of it.


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All good questions. I can see a few scenarios

- Power on demand. Flexible machines. Go up and down in power as you need

- More affordable to people who can't afford a computer but could afford a low monthly payment, say $10, for something that just lets them browse the web.

The providers are going to make this really really attractive for low level users. No moving parts. No need to worry about a box with mysterious shyt in it. Or upgrading this or that. Or buying and installing programs on your own.

Think about the walled garden implications that this could have? They could literally take an app away from you for not paying.

I know I sound crazy. But this is where we are headed. Just look at Google continuing to put money into Chrome OS.

LINUX will save us all

 

[Camammal]

people laugh at it today, mostly the ignorant

 

[yseJ]

As much as I hate using the buzz word of the moment...

Cloud computing. All processing will be in the cloud soon. The bandwidth Gods will bestow upon us 1gb/10gb straight into our homes.

That will usher in true stateless computing. Login from wherever, whenever and your shyt is just there. From any device. Paper thin displays with not a physical computer to be seen.


Play 'Crisis XII' without the slightest hint of lag? Why? Because you just upped your stateless computer account $5 a month to get that extra 16gbs of RAM. It runs so smooth my friend.


Working on that big paper and have to go on that trip to the Dominican Republic? Drop what you're doing, pick it up in the Dominican from that portal in your hotel room. Ya you can do it with Google Drive. But can you pick up where you left off on that bootleg copy of the hangover reboot 'Hangover' (starring PAX Jolie) you had running in the background?


That's where we are headed. OS's in the cloud already exist. Thin clients are in use everywhere and have been for years. But it's not true stateless. And it's not accessible from anywhere, anytime. The bandwidth limits are such that real money isn't being put into it at a consumer level.

Is this a good thing? Who the fukk knows. But you better believe that 20-30 years from now you'll be able to pick up a console for $50 at any store or monthly like the cable companies do with the boxes. Now you'll be charged for processing power, bandwidth, specs, and apps. A la carte. fukking computer packages and bundles. It's coming.


Computer hardware? Where they do that at?

I really hope thats not the case. also, if you try to play a modern game through the cloud (not even sure if its possible now), there will be BIG latency issues. imagine throughputting gigabytes of rendered data to someone in australia...the lag will you.

people love to abstract from hardware, but thing is I dont think hardware is going anywhere...anytime soon