probable most stupid idea ever...

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Don't laugh with me please, i don't know ANYTHING about hardware... :rolleyes:

What about an external RAM? That you connect via Firewire to your computer? Or would Firewire be to slow? Probably the most stupid thing you'd ever heard, isn't it? ;)
 
As of now it would be way too slow. What I always found fascinating was the idea of CPU modules that you could piggy-back like SCSI devices and plugin externally.

Need more power? Just plugin one or two and your ready to go. Does someone else need more power at the moment, lend them one of your CPU modules!

Actually, IBM is betting the farm on something like this, but instead of having something you can swap out, they want you to log into some sort of central server and "rent" CPU cycles.

Maybe in the future all of are computers will all be the same speed and how we decide to use them will depend on if we borrow more speed from IBM or someone else.
 
itanium, this is very interesting...

What is the name of that project at IBM?

Where can I find out more about this?
 
Originally posted by itanium
Actually, IBM is betting the farm on something like this, but instead of having something you can swap out, they want you to log into some sort of central server and "rent" CPU cycles.

Maybe in the future all of are computers will all be the same speed and how we decide to use them will depend on if we borrow more speed from IBM or someone else.
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This makes sense if you think of it. How long will computer users (as opposed to enthusiasts) be willing to upgrade their computers every 2-3 years? Forever? Doubt it.

What if you could take the edge off of Moore's Law by selling you a computer that would keep up for 10-15 years? Like a television, content is paid for, the box stays the same. You want to do video editing, sure that costs an extra $10/month. Subscribe to games like you subscribe to HBO, pay-per-view. I think it makes a lot of sense. Whether it would work or not ... I dunno.
 
Originally posted by KrinkleCut
This makes sense if you think of it. How long will computer users (as opposed to enthusiasts) be willing to upgrade their computers every 2-3 years? Forever? Doubt it.

What if you could take the edge off of Moore's Law by selling you a computer that would keep up for 10-15 years? Like a television, content is paid for, the box stays the same. You want to do video editing, sure that costs an extra $10/month. Subscribe to games like you subscribe to HBO, pay-per-view. I think it makes a lot of sense. Whether it would work or not ... I dunno.
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I think this is Apple's idea for .Mac in the not too distant future.
 
'Like television, content is paid for...'

You mean, like MP3s and DivX and the like? :)
 
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