Friday, October 20, 2006

Heavy Computing

Computers in the future may weigh no more then 1.5 tons.

-- Popular Mechanics, forcasting the relentless march of science, 1949

Hey, they were right! Computers now do weigh no more then 1.5 tons. Infact, they weigh far less! You can have a fully function computer that is about the size of large cell phone (large by today's standards).