Torin_Darkflight Posted August 27, 2005 Report Share Posted August 27, 2005 Here's an interesting little curiosity of mine: I am seeking past computer-related predictions. But, I don't want to go too far back, I'm mostly wanting predictions made during the mid-90s, about the time when computers where really beginning to explode in popularity and the rate at which they evolved technologically. Of the things predicted roughly 10 years ago, I want to see what came true and what didn't, just out of personal curiosity and interest.Yeah, I already tried searching Google, but a lot of what I found was either not relevant or was severely lacking in content. So, I thought I'd ask the techies here.Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Torin_Darkflight Posted September 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Just a quaint little bump to keep this post from dying with zero replies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 I do remember that Apple computer would be dead before the turn of the century. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcl Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Wired is a good source for incorrect predictions: they bought into every half-baked idea of the '90s. Their online archive seems to include the major articles from every issue of the magazine (back to March '93). I don't know if the little columns sprinkled around the magazine that contained most of the predictions are online, but there still should be some gems. The March '97 has a nice article about the death of the Web browser (and maybe the Web) at the hands of Push. (Does anyone remember Push?) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted September 18, 2005 Report Share Posted September 18, 2005 Well, when we bought the Possessed Gateway in November, 1999, I was told by several people that we would "never fill our 10 gigawatt hard drive"!!! Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Yeah, if they kept wriing programs the same way Liz, but as storage got cheaper and drives got larger programs have also grown. Some of this is because of the requirement for keeping programs smaller to fit on the hd has vanished. Also the capabilities being offered by computers has grown tremendously since '99. Music and video storage can fill a 10 gig hd very quickly. It also proves that they saw you coming with that pg ready for you j / k Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blim Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 Yeah, if they kept wriing programs the same way Liz, but as storage got cheaper and drives got larger programs have also grown. Some of this is because of the requirement for keeping programs smaller to fit on the hd has vanished. Also the capabilities being offered by computers has grown tremendously since '99. Music and video storage can fill a 10 gig hd very quickly. It also proves that they saw you coming with that pg ready for you j / k Liz<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Heh, for dissapearing drive space, I blame Napster That wasn't thought of when I bought the PG---and yes, Gateway must have seen me coming Learned my lesson, though, I'll never buy another one!!!Liz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martint Posted September 19, 2005 Report Share Posted September 19, 2005 I predicted that I would never use a computer in my life. Looks like I'm wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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