[agumonkey]

all i see is diminishing returns, marketing and fantasies.

4MB used to make people believe they'd do everything for life, accounting, programming, graphics whatever. It was infinite joy with only 320x200 points.

Now you sell a 4k capable pocket datacenter running on 5W and people are barely satisfied for a year.

[pixl97]

Imagine never having sweets in your life, then the first time you having a peppermint your life would be changed.

Now imagine a long life where you had all the sweets you could ever eat available all the time. Your attitude to them is going to be far different.

In addition, back in the 90s computers were going to attract 'computer people' and the rest would ignore them. Now they are just a fact of life, even for the disinterested.

[markus_zhang]

TBF the pocket datacenter does way more than a vintage does though. However I do agree there is an inflation of customer expectation since the 90s.

Just imagine: assuming tech evolves a lot slower. What would happen? People would still be OK, games would still be fun, business would carry on regardless.