How good will computers be... (semi O/T)

[Reef]

So in 10 years, how powerful/fast do you think the average person's computer will be? Will they be as big as wristwatches? What about added functions/abilities?

How about 50 years?

[JoshuaD]

I think eventually hardware will stop improving so quickly, and we'll see software catch up with the hardware.

[neotope]

Computers are getting to the point where the average person does not really need a new computer. My parents for example only do web surfing and emailing on their home computer. I have them using an old Dell computer with 400 MHz and 512 MB of RAM. By any standards this is a rather old computer but it works fine for them. In 10 years computers will definitely be faster but the average user could probably use a new computer today.

[MyMindIsGoing]

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Computers are getting to the point where the average person does not really need a new computer.

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We passed that years ago.