2000 iMac compared to the 2010 iPhone

#1

Post by jlangenauer » Mon, Jun 21, 2010, 4:17 AM UTC

2000 iMac compared to the 2010 iPhone
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Re: 2000 iMac compared to the 2010 iPhone

#2

Post by thunk » Mon, Jun 21, 2010, 4:52 AM UTC

You even had to run unapproved software on the 2000 iMac! How far we've come.

Re: 2000 iMac compared to the 2010 iPhone

#3

Post by henning » Mon, Jun 21, 2010, 4:55 AM UTC

thunk wrote: post #2

You even had to run unapproved software on the 2000 iMac! How far we've come.

FruityLoops and Reason compete with Garage Band too closely, application denied. Firefox competes with Safari, application delayed and then withdrawn...

Re: 2000 iMac compared to the 2010 iPhone

#4

Post by InfinityX0 » Mon, Jun 21, 2010, 5:05 AM UTC

Hopefully in 2010 we can do this comparison with our physiological selves and be amazed - the technology leaps don't even wow me anymore.

You can call me spoiled.

Re: 2000 iMac compared to the 2010 iPhone

#5

Post by zavulon » Mon, Jun 21, 2010, 5:15 AM UTC

Very soon we won't need computers at all, just chips implanted in our skulls.

Re: 2000 iMac compared to the 2010 iPhone

#6

Post by thought_alarm » Mon, Jun 21, 2010, 5:17 AM UTC

1990: Mac LC

- $2400

- Mac OS System 6

- Motorola 68020 @ 16 MHz

- 40 MB Hard Drive

- 2 to 10 MB RAM

- 256 kB Graphics Memory

1980: Apple ///

- $7800

- Apple SOS

- Synertec 6502A @ 2 MHz

- 140 kB 5.25" floppy disk

- 128 kB RAM

Re: 2000 iMac compared to the 2010 iPhone

#7

Post by petercooper » Mon, Jun 21, 2010, 5:26 AM UTC

Taking another stride forward, your brain implant in 2020 will, then, be faster than an i7, have 16GB of RAM, 2TB of storage, and be able to re-render the whole of Toy Story 3 in 10 minutes. Somehow, that doesn't even sound surprising to me anymore.

Re: 2000 iMac compared to the 2010 iPhone

#8

Post by Metalan » Mon, Jun 21, 2010, 5:31 AM UTC

petercooper wrote: post #7

Taking another stride forward, your brain implant in 2020 will, then, be faster than an i7, have 16GB of RAM, 2TB of storage, and be able to re-render the whole of Toy Story 3 in 10 minutes. Somehow, that doesn't even sound surprising to me anymore.

What numbers did you base yourself on for the Toy Story claim? I'm curious.

Re: 2000 iMac compared to the 2010 iPhone

#9

Post by pvg » Mon, Jun 21, 2010, 5:59 AM UTC

thought_alarm wrote: post #6

1990: Mac LC - $2400 - Mac OS System 6 - Motorola 68020 @ 16 MHz - 40 MB Hard Drive - 2 to 10 MB RAM - 256 kB Graphics Memory 1980: Apple /// - $7800 - Apple SOS - Synertec 6502A @ 2 MHz - 140 kB 5.25" floppy disk - 128 kB RAM

The Apple /// is a bit misleading - the typical entry-level Apple computer in 1980 was an Apple ][+, at about half the specs (memory and CPU performance) and a cost of around $2k, with the monitor and floppy drive thrown in.

Re: 2000 iMac compared to the 2010 iPhone

#10

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 21, 2010, 6:13 AM UTC

zavulon wrote: post #5

Very soon we won't need computers at all, just chips implanted in our skulls.

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