I agree to a point
You make a very good point, people will come to a point of deciding whether they need that 4G processor. Although, I disagree that they will not need it. The average person may use their computer for very low processor intensive activities but the applications they use is not the same software used 5 years ago. The more bells and whiles a programmer adds to an application the more resources that one software will need. Unless that application is using cloud computing. In other words consumers demand more from their applications but never realize that each function takes up more resources. If I wanted MS Word to type what I'm speaking and never make a mistake, I have now caused the footprint of that application to grow. That's why we have seen Windows OS grow in size over the years. Yes, we could point out that some applications are bloated and require some cleaning, but it's simple. The more function you have in an application, the more code you need. We will always need more hardware resources (processor, memory, hard drive...) as long as we continue to demand more from our applications.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
