Stuck in 32

Looking back, apart from the server class machines, desktop microprocessors begin to spot their 64bit muscles with the release of AMD64 and followed by Intel 64, etc with their origins way back in the late 90s and early 2000s and going mainstream in the 2000s.

Fast forward now, most machines are capable of 64bit computing but the software has not kept up. OSs more or less kept up with technology, less their delivery time which can be taken with a pinch of salt given the complexity of modern OS. But why are we still stuck in 32bit computing world? Just look at my machine, although the OS is 64bit but most application installed on it are still operating with the 32bit base.

The only reason that I can think of that creates this barrier is: Money. Not money you are willing to spent on technology but the money that you already spent on software. That is why you still have companies nowadays spotting Core i7 machines but still running MS-DOS 6.22. Why? Because the business software that they brought in that era is working fine, so why must I spent money for a new one? Same reason why people still use Windows98 with Office97 or still using WindowsXP and reluctant to change to Windows 7.

So I am for one that standby software companies to enforce and followed a strict end-of-life date and is printed in bold on every packaging of every software product much like canned food having a used-by date. Maybe that is one way that we can stop everyone from living in the past and start to move forward into the future which is by the way, already here.

The End Of Thumb Drives

Two words: Cloud Computing.

Internet speed have increase in the past decade and it is now not uncommon to have 15Mbps lines and with the optical fibers installed in household on the horizon it will be just a matter of the next few years, we will have lighting fast internet speeds in our homes.

But right now, even with a simple 1Mbps connection, cloud computing has become a dominant game changer in everyday computing. Services that were unavailable or unthinkable of in the past are now appearing, like DropBox, etc where online file hosting and sharing has become a reality.

You no longer need to carry your thumb drives around, park your files with these services (with most of them free up to 2GB storage), your data are now truely online without worry that your thumb drive would fail or your system would crash.

So try out a free one today DropBox, before long, just like me, you will notice that you are no longer carry a thumb drive around.

(A Note: DropBox is not the only service available, there are others around like Apple's iDisk, Mozy, etc. I am recommending DropBox as, it is one of the services that gives you free increase in disk space with referrals online!)

iPad-ing
(eh....oh wait...that just doesn't sound right......)

After the local (Singapore) launch, I just couldn't help my itchy hands and bought it!!!!

The iPad!!!!

(Ok...I am still not a fan of the name, I still believe Apple gave it the wrong name, in my opinion iSlate, would be a better choice)


The unboxing in pictures.
(My friend commented that my last unboxing is a bit too much, so I kept it simple this time round)

The Apple iPad casing and how it is worn and can be position:

I will try to post a simple review once I had my hands on, this iPad is predominately used as a reading device, so my review will gear towards that perspective!