Computers in 2020

[PixyMisa]

Considering how many people already use Google Docs, Google Calendar, etc., I would say evidence is against you.

No. That's precisely the point I'm making.

The Google apps only work because you have a fast local CPU. Data storage has moved to the cloud, but processing is local.

 

[PixyMisa]

Activision pays for us to get new boxes every year or so. Right now us programmers are running 8 cores (what is that, dual quad cores?) and we will be upgrading to 16 very soon they tell me.

Yep, either dual quads or a Core i7 which is four cores / eight threads.

 

[Mitchell314]

Yep, either dual quads or a Core i7 which is four cores / eight threads.

And yet, regardless of how many extra cores are there in the future, Folding@home will still manage to bring them all to a standstill for a mac.