Comments on: Have we become too demanding on tech?

By: Ramil Kue

Ramil Kue — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:13:53 +0000

actually yuga, you can’t compare technology to food. because food as a basic need was being manipulated its price due to the increase of tax and the like. however technology on the other hand is trying to give the best and will be. who knows one of these days, food will become more cheaper because we’ll be eating via machine. joke.seriously that’s life facts.

By: paul0

paul0 — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:36:21 +0000

What’s ironic is that most Filipinos play games that doesn’t need much computing horsepower.

By: Techie

Techie — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:34:44 +0000

People wants the highest specs. and the best components for their gadgets. Specially for their PCs/MAC. But in reality, VERY FEW utilizes their computer’s processing capability. There are a lot of MAC users today but majority of them uses their mac just to show off or type documents with. =p

By: RICH

RICH — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:18:42 +0000

never ending technology! we are all victims here.
hehe.. hayden cam scandals and more to come.haha

By: jude

jude — Sun, 31 May 2009 04:28:27 +0000

i agree that nice post

By: cobi

cobi — Sat, 30 May 2009 07:18:09 +0000

Technology has grown exponentially due to our hunger for communication, socialization, and networking. Having a faster rig, larger disk space, or having an LCD with the highest contrast ratio will eventually, though not directly point out to our need for connectivity… and all the other stuff comes with it… if you know what i mean.

Nice article yuga…

jas

By: gio

gio — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:52:16 +0000

nice article yuga.

By: Jun Velasco

Jun Velasco — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:51:31 +0000

Hi Abe,
I forwarded your feed to everyone else at Friendster and they had a blast reading about your experiences. The youtube link was hilarious which I forwarded to some other friends.

But on a more serious note, technology has indeed evolved faster than we can ever learn and relearn their practical applications. I have yet to discover what else my MsWord can do and yet I use it on a daily basis and still not know what else it can offer.

Technology can be good, but wasted if we cannot learn fast enough how it is really good for us.

By: spidamang

spidamang — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:07:06 +0000

I use my fast desktop (1 gb or ram) to play games.

I use my old sempron rig (128mb ram) running zenwalk linux for work (writing in abiword, spreadsheets in gcalc and some coding). I am able to be productive kasi walang distractions.

That’s pretty much my take on PC specs. It should be dependent on what you need and how will you be using it.

It’s like getting a Ferrari only you can’t really crank it up because the roads suck. hehehe

But when it comes to my internet, there will never be enough bandwidth hehehehe

By: andy cruz

andy cruz — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:00:16 +0000

very nice post..

3 months ago nung d pa naka out ung 5800
sobrang gus2 ko na palitan ung nokia 6288 which is ok nmn .. i chose n81 8gb then after a month of use at lumabas na ung 5800 kamuntik ko na benta nga half price un a month old n81 at ung 6288 nakatambak lng kahit ok pa sya…
buti na lng na pigilan ko urge…

may dell 1405 me core 2 du0 gud specs and when i sent it sa dell repair sa antel global dko makatiis sa small screen ng aspire 8″ ng sis ko so while in repair i bought new acer laptop 4736z… now i have dell from repair and got new one…
i want to get acer timeline.. eh nung binili ko aceraspire 4736 la pa daw news kelan dating un.. i even emailed acer sales directly and called them la pa din daw… 2 days ago villman websit nakapost na yang acer timeline…. ayaw ko na ung acer 4736 … considering dell ko na sa akin pa wala pa week ung acer ko … hay .. BAON na BAon itong post mo sa aKIN…

in short demanding me unnecesarry na….

By: Cheftonio

Cheftonio — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:37:19 +0000

Back then, we had a pentium 3 500mhz 6gb computer that we said was impossible to fill.
Our internet was as fast as 32kbps and all of our cousins and friends was very impressed.

My first cellphone (1999) was an Ericsson GA628, a one-liner gsm that i had the antenna change to a blinking one.

Today, all of these are near worthless.

By: sleepybear/seoulbox

sleepybear/seoulbox — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:26:06 +0000

I remember, back in 2004, I was happy na with a 56KB Dialup modem hooked up to PLDT Vibe.

I also remember na 40GB was enough space for me, nung mga 2002.

pero now, 1mbps plan is not enough for me. and I have almost 3.5TB of space in my PC.

By: Bon

Bon — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:10:34 +0000

Abe,

The tech industry has conditioned us (and therefore our expectations) to think in terms of Moore’s Law. It will always be cheaper and better next year.

OTOH, food is a major component of the consumer price index – it naturally rises with inflation.

By: yuga

yuga — Wed, 27 May 2009 05:01:54 +0000

@bon — ahh yes, inflation. But if we are looking for a faster, bigger and cheaper PC then why are we not also looking for a faster delivery, bigger hamburger patties and cheaper fries?

@darren, then why aren’t married people divorcing their old wives for younger more beautiful ones? wait, they do.

By: Marissa

Marissa — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:47:23 +0000

Ah my first laptop had a whopping 700MB hard drive and a 75Hz processor!

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:46:06 +0000

same reason that you want your girlfriend always hotter than others!

By: Bon

Bon — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:29:09 +0000

Abe,

The Wendy’s and Penshoppe examples you cite are mostly the result of inflation – we expect prices to go up as a matter of course. The Wendy’s spaghetti price, for example, is equivalent to a year-on-year increase of 8.8% over the 13 year period between 1996 and 2009. What’s different about technology is the exponential increase in processing power for a given area on a microchip (i.e., Moore’s Law). As new, more powerful chips come onstream, the older models get discounted. The increase in processing power, as well as intense competition in the tech sector, is more than offsetting the inflationary effects.

By: mish

mish — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:07:38 +0000

These days, I consider adopting and maintaining a more/better/faster/now/damnit attitude obscene. It’s just, well, wrong, given the context we’re currently in.

By: Khairul

Khairul — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:12:00 +0000

Hi,
Sorry but I need to ask about feedburner. And i got problem with it.

After registered my blog with feedburner, my blog link become a feed bulletin of feedburber when added into blog list. Why?

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By: John Ray Cabrera

John Ray Cabrera — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:46:01 +0000

good for you. in my case i never had a desktop, probably because my job sytarted off as sales, then marketing, then both marketing and technical. i bought palm m105, then upgraded to sony clie sj30. my first lappie was an acer apire. then two years after hp mini 1000.

By: bugITs - technology news and updates

bugITs - technology news and updates — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:41:42 +0000

i agree..nice post bro!

By: bugITs - technology news and updates

bugITs - technology news and updates — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:41:03 +0000

i agree..nothing more.. nice post there yuga

By: Neobux

Neobux — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:42:02 +0000

Just like what the Hippies say:

“We’re all pawns of the big, greedy corporations. The only way we can avert the likeliness of this is by living a normal life and elude from the casual use of the internet… It’s draining our metaphysical awareness”

By: drew

drew — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:09:03 +0000

blame it all on the innovators and.. the businessmen. lol!

By: Life's Algorithms

Life's Algorithms — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:56:40 +0000

there’s only one thing constant in this world, “change”. the law of survival states that you change or you perish. and that’s why gadgets and computers change.

By: Neobux

Neobux — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:47:12 +0000

“Another example is the food industry. In college, Wendy’s spag and hamburger was just Php16.75. Today, that same spag costs Php50.”

-oooohhh, the f*cking costs nowadays. Good thing I don’t live on those treats. Fish from the talipapa gave me a muscular body and a sound mind. All I get from McDonald’s was a queasy after-meal fallout.

By: yuga

yuga — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:40:59 +0000

@Patrick, my point exactly; but the question still remains — why with technology, we want faster and cheaper but with other stuff like fashion and lifestyle, it’s the other way around.

I used to be a fan of Penshoppe clothing back in high school. Their Nature series t-shirts were only Php250, I think in early 90s. Today, that same t-shirt would cost at least Php600. A Levi’s 501 was around Php1,000 back then but today, they cost around Php2,000 or higher.

Another example is the food industry. Wendy’s spag and hamburger was just Php16.75 in 1996. Today, that same spag costs at least Php50, 4 times more expensive.

By: ALPSaguado.com

ALPSaguado.com — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:37:52 +0000

Men have unlimited wants–it’s a principle of Economics. It’s natural to ask for more!

And complain for that matter. Haha.

By: Vidar

Vidar — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:12:36 +0000

I got my first PC back in 2001. It’s an AMD K6-2 500MHz with 64MB of RAM and 4MB onboard video. I was happy back then because I was able to play Counter-Strike and Diablo 2 with it.

By: rene

rene — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:06:44 +0000

It seems it boils down to your needs. What is your needs. If its gaming surely you need the fastest to cope up with the fast actions. If its just word processing and surfing from time to time you’ll be contented with a 900mhz or lesser.