1. The Past, Present, and Future of Computers
By: Niraj Pant
© American Society of Nepalese Engineers
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2. PC Explosion 1977: Apple II 1981: Intel 4.77 MHz 8088 - $2880 bargain
4100 character memory
Built-in BASIC, bargain price of $1298 in 1977 dollars
1981: Intel 4.77 MHz $2880 bargain
64KB RAM, 160 KB 5.25” floppy drive, DOS
1986: Intel 10MHz $3995
256KB RAM, 1.2MB 5.25” floppy, 20MB Hard disk, MS DOS 3.2
1993: Intel 33MHz $3500
16MB RAM, 1.44 MB 3.5” floppy, 4xCD-ROM, Windows 3.1
1997: Intel 200MHz CPU with MMX - $4000
32MB RAM, 120MB zip disk, 3.6 GB Hard drive, Windows NT
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3. PC Explosion (Continued)
2001: Intel 1.53 GHz Pentium - $2800
256MB RAM, 80 GB Hard drive, DVD R/CD RW, Windows XP
2009: Intel Core 2 Quad - $1000 to $2500 (eBay refurbished laptops at a bargain price of $300!)
2-3 GB RAM, 500 GB to 1 TB Hard drive, DVD+/-RW drive
Windows Vista, Windows 7 – 2009 (Beta)
Windows XP is an excellent Operating system but Microsoft is stopping product support after SP4
Windows Vista was a failure
Options? Open Source..
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4. The Next Computer Fad Future: Hex or even Deca Processor
8GB RAM, 750 GB to 3 TB Hard drive, HDDVD RW + Blu-Ray Drive, Windows 7
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5. Open Source Movement Richard Stallman – GNU software Foundation
Software has to be free to copy and use
Many open source software
Linux variants (RedHat, Fedora, Debian, UBUNTU, etc.)
As good as or better than commercial software
Examples include: Firefox, GNUCash, OpenOffice, Thunderbird, etc.
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6. Ubuntu Founded by Mark Shuttleworth in 2004
Mark paid a large sum of money to Russian Government to go to space
UBUNTU means “I am who I am because of those around me”.
Requires only 4 GB of Hard drive making the operating system more flexible.
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7. NepaLinux
NepaLinux, an operating system designed for people in Nepal advancing in technology.
Founded by Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya in 2005 and written in the Nepali language
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8. Thank You for Watching My PowerPoint!
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