2000 was the year when I bought my first computer. 550 MHz Intel Pentium processor, 64MB RAM(wow…..back then), 20 GB HDD(another wow…..again back then) along with all the gizmos(read modem, multemedia speakers, cd drive….no not a writer or DVD rom…..just plain cd drive) had cost me(my father actually) about 40,000 rupees. I was quite fascinated by its capabilities(current midrange phones beat it by miles). Technology didn’t stop evolving ever since. While I was sailing at a speed of 13 knots mid of Indian ocean, technology was evolving million times.
Next I bought my first laptop, the Dell XPS M1530 which was a gaming monster(at reduced graphic levels and only few select games which already had their graphic details at the lowest). I was quite happy playing Crysis which played quite well. And NFS of course. Other than that, the Rs 55,000 that I put in the laptop just gave the pleasure of owning such a ‘powerful’ system.
I have matured ever since and currently own a Lenovo B50-70, which I got at a throwaway price and which satisfies my current needs.
But tech world has not stopped evolving. While they continuously strive to design monster machines capable of unearthly things, they have also managed to reduce the size of my first computer to a thumbnail. Meet Omega 2, the tiny computer. I was quite impressed by the specifications of Raspberry Pi 1/2/3, the credit card sized computer with all the required peripherals. But this one goes a step ahead.
(Picture Source : techradar.com)
The Rapsberry Pi would beat my first computer in terms of computational power any day, but the Omega 2 matches my first computer and beats everyone else in terms of size. That sheer brilliance of the brains behind these tiny things. The possibilities are endless in this age of ‘Internet of Things’.
(Picture Source : techradar.com)
And the best part. Omega 2 beats everyone else in terms of price. $5. Forget the usability, I would buy this one just to own a tiny computer and use it to make a doorbell if i wanted. Or a gaming console!!
So what’s next?! An invisible computer?
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