Old Computers

I found the following link off digg about old computers still in use at the University of Iowa

http://www.uiowa.edu/~fyi/issues/issues1999_v37/06111999/computer.html

And it got me thinking... At which point do we stop pushing the envelope?

Just as it seems we reach a point when we can say "OK, these computer things can pretty much do all they can do" - we then find new uses for them which require more speed, power and/or bandwidth.

Right now as I write and you read, video frames are getting bigger (HDTV), audio is changing (HDradio, podcasting, Satellite) , MS Office is getting a face-lift, and we can run many operating systems on one machine at the same time - all requiring more resources, hardware and/or space.

I have heard for years from smarter people than myself that TRUE innovation will happen in systems when we reach the limit of how fast those systems can go.

Waiting...