Indeed. 25 megahertz and 8 megabytes of RAM for $6500 ($11.5k in today's dollars). And a machine with 2.5 gigahertz and 8 giabytes of RAM can be had for under $1000 today; as much storage as the NeXT harddrive can be found on a $10 usb key. 1000 times more powerful, 1/10th of the price in two decades. We live in an incredible age, people too often forget.
It's these machines which indirectly enable so much as well. People like to talk about the cloud a lot, but video that gets uploaded to YouTube has to be edited somewhere. Now while it's true that YouTube has a flash based editor now, they didn't before they got big. And there is all the other video, HD quality, out there that needs to be edited on beefy machines: 3D modelling, games, music et cetera.
It's these machines which indirectly enable so much as well. People like to talk about the cloud a lot, but video that gets uploaded to YouTube has to be edited somewhere. Now while it's true that YouTube has a flash based editor now, they didn't before they got big. And there is all the other video, HD quality, out there that needs to be edited on beefy machines: 3D modelling, games, music et cetera.