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Looking Back Seven Years

Posted on February 1, 2014 by jaypoc

Going through my blog (and updating Categories/Tags on older articles) I found an article I posted in February of 2007 noting the technologies I used at the time. (The original blog post can be read here)

I decied to see how much thinga have changed in just 7 years:

2007 2014
Operating System Windows XP Pro SP2, Ubuntu Linux (6.06-LTS Server and Workstation) Window 8.1, Windows 7 Ultmate, Ubuntu Server 12.04LTS
Computer DELL inspiron 5150 Laptop (3Ghz Pentium 4, 1GB Ram, 80GB) Homebrew Desktop (Core2 Duo, E8500, 8GB Ram, 4TB), Asus Zenbook Prime laptop (Core i7, 10GB Ram, 500GB)
Media Player UT Starcom 6700 (PocketPC Phone) Samsung Galaxy SIII Phone
HD Format Not HD capable One HD capable TV with an HD Cablebox/DVR and a 720p Roku
Carrier SprintPCS Sprint
Console NES, Playstation 2 None
Vehicle 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP 2005 Scion tC
Phone UT Starcomm 6700 Samsung Galaxy S III

Operating System
Micoroft has been busy with their alternating release of crappy operating systems. Back in 2007 I was using XP. I’ve gone through Vista and stopped at Windows 7 on my desktop. My new laptop came with Windows 8 which I’ve updated to 8.1. I’m eagerly awaiting their next release as 8 is designed for touch screen devices and my laptop has neither a touchscreen, nor is it a tablet. Glad to see that Ubuntu has been pretty solid for the past few years!

Computer
Amazingly that old Laptop still works and I use it as a video player for my Halloween projection effects. Things have come a long way and now, even basic blow away my laptop and start at around $400.

Media Player
Somewhere with in these 7 years, I had a Microsoft Zune. It was awesome… until I lost it. Now I consume media via my smartphone which ironically was what I was using 7 years ago. The UT Starcomm was one of the earlier (and geekier) portable Pocket PC (later windows mobile) devices. I’m surprised I was using a phone back then as I am now.

HD Format
HD-DVD lost to Blue-Ray in the HD wars. I still don’t have a Blue Ray player. I have managed to get a TV capable of HD in my bedroom and have it connected to a HD DVR from Cablevision and a Roku, also capable of 720p.

Carrier
I am STILL with Sprint! I can’t believe I said that I “Love EVDO” service back then! 3G is far superior and they are just starting to roll out 4G LTE service.

Console
I still have my PS2 connected to my entertainment center, but I have moved away from consoles. The newer consoles are costly and I’m not much of a gamer still. PC gaming has been my platform of choice and still is.

Vehicle
Here’s the only category I feel that I’ve gone the wrong way in. I had two awesome Grand Prix’s. Both GTP models and one a competition group. After and accident totaling my 2004 GTP CompG, I was pressured into buying a car quickly so I picked out a 2005 Scion tC. It is my first stick-shift car, and it’s cute but it’s got a few small electrical problems and a parent company that has given me more problems than I care to deal with. It’s also not the experience of speed, comfort and luxury that I got with the Grand Prixs.

Handheld
I’ve gone from a 416 Mhz/128MB Ram Windows Mobile 5 phone to a Quad-Core 1.4Ghz/1GB Ram (16Gb Storage) Android Jellybean phone. Surprisingly enough, I don’t really use the phone much differently. Granted, I use it more as there’s more availability of bandwidth.

Posted in Technology | Tags: Cars, Cellphones, Computers, Laptops, Media Players, Mobile |
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