Mean Machines

Let me just talk about 'Change' for a moment. Over time, things change, people change, situations change, feelings change, places change, ideas change, ideologies change, to cut the long sentence short... EVERYTHING CHANGES. And i think the best way to live is to surrender to changes... consider it inevitable way of life.

Now coming to the reason why am talking about Change.

I have had 3 great changes in my life so far, and with each change it seems like a generation of difference.

First change : a new Pentium 100 (just after school)
Second Change : Pentium 100 to P4 1500 (just after Graduation)
Third Change : P4 1500 to P4 2800 GHZ (Couple years after doing MBA)

I know most people who wanted me to talk about philosophy of change (reading my opening statement) will stop reading from this point onwards. But, yes, am going to talk about my 3 machines which saw me through the age of adolescence to the man I am today.

In 1995, I got my first PC. It was a P100 MHz, 8MB RAM, 1.2 GB HDD, 1.2 MB and 1.44 MB diskette drive. It did not have a soundcard or a CD drive. When I switched it on, it used to give me a black screen. These were the golden screen in back old DOS days. The only windows I had was windows 3.1, which was just another application on DOS. Though later on i did upgrade my ram and got the first next generation OS, i.e. Win95. I could have tea and come by the time it booted. I saw more of the infamous blue screen of windows than the actual windows. I loved whatever I had, was content and life was fun. Though I always thought their next version should be called 'Doors' rather than 'Windows', but they had other things in their minds... with the year naming convention.

Well, after using it for almost 5 years, having spend a ton already, i decided to get the latest. Got a P4, monster with 128 MB RD RAM, a DVD drive and a great 3D card.

I was really happy with my piece.. after all i had decided exactly what to buy and it was the greatest combo. I browsed like i never did, watched video, frankly never ever upgraded this one till it gave away.


Am with this new ultra mean monster for now.. on which am writing this post. I can write pages on how my life was changed in these 3 changes. With is 2800 megahertz raw power, a dvd writer, 160 GB HDD and 1GB of ram space that is enough for most of my loved ones (apps) to sleep inside. Hope could get enough room in my house too... :)
So compared from my first machine (12 years back) to the current one (1 year back) is alteast 30 times faster, has 128 times more memory and 133 times more space. Guess if Moore's law applies. Well thats for you to find out... This is a tribute to my Mean Machines...