or are they really inventing bigger memory sticks all the time?
2006-09-01 00:47:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
yes, they get bigger all the time, on average probably according to moore's law (double in every 1.5 - 2 years or so) But keep in mind there probably is also some marketing ploys going on all the time. Remember business is the art of extracting as much money as possible from those who have it in exchange for providing them with as little of what you have to offer as possible to keep them satisfied. Technology and business are not necessarily the same, but everything you buy as a consumer you are buying from those who are in the business of selling technology. You can buy crazy chips and build stuff way cooler than what is on the market if you know how to build stuff.
2006-09-01 00:54:13 · answer #1 · answered by Mike 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In business strategy wise, everyone is looking for an edge over their opponents, and try to push their latest products ahead of their rivals inorder to reap in a bigger portion of the market.
That explains why you find latest after latest products rushing into the market with little improvement over their predecessor.
You seldom come over a totally new series of products launched at once. Inorder to do so you really have to keep it in wraps at a very top secret research to production stage away from prying eyes, this is how global business are fought at the very pinnacle.
2006-09-01 01:19:39 · answer #2 · answered by davmanx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Young person, whomever you are, you just hit on the principal feature of capitalism--constant obsolescence of all products and their constant replacement. All computer-related products are based on the idea of a short life-cycle for the product and its frequent replacement (upgrade in some cases) in a never-ending sequence. Right now, they have already invented quantum computers and biological computers (and in the energy department, replacements for oil and gasoline-based engines), but they want to milk every gram of profit from every incremental chnge they can think of before they move to a new and better system.
2006-09-01 00:57:59 · answer #3 · answered by Pandak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No... the memory keeps getting cheaper, smaller, and draws less power so it becomes PRACTICAL and affordable to do it.....
2006-09-01 17:30:37 · answer #4 · answered by Frust Parent 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋