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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
Wehaven't seen anything yet. The power of computer chips is increasing at an exponential rate (while prices continue to crash), so what we consider high-end today will be even more laughable 40 years from now.
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Not exactly exponential anymore. For most folks, we already have excess CPU power available for desktop computers and laptops. Outside of benchmarking and specialized applications, you'd be hard pressed to notice a difference between a $1000 hexa-core Core i7 Sandy Bridge-EX and a $50 dual-core Celeron Sandy Bridge. The move in x86 right now is more towards integration and lower power consumption.