Talk:The Computer Revolution: A Timeline/The Hardware Revolution

spin off a Hardware revolution:
 * the history of CPU chipmakers; the death of alternatives to x86 (death of SPARC, death of ARM, death of AlphaPC)
 * Microsoft's vicious predatory practices and criminal activities
 * history of graphics, the explosion of 3D graphics cards and the demise of SGI (predicted by the President of SGI if my source is correct)
 * IDE vs SCSI (anyone else remember how Scuzzy used to be only 30% more expensive instead of 300% more expensive but provided MUCH improved performance?), EIDE, ATA-66 or whatever it's called now, Firewire vs USB, USB 2.0
 * optical mice, early optical mice with the shiny mats
 * wheelrats
 * trackballs - deadrats
 * tablets and styluses
 * printers - daisywheel, dotmatrix, laser, bubblejet
 * photo printers
 * LCD screens
 * video projectors
 * electronic paper
 * voice recognition (Dragon NaturallySpeaking)
 * Dvorak keymap
 * ergonomics considerations first raised
 * Kinesys keyboard (as an example of how things COULD be but aren't)
 * energy saving features
 * popular UPS
 * rise and death of the CD-ROM
 * RAID
 * wireless networking
 * iMacs and tripped out cases
 * the 1984 commercial!
 * ubiquitous cheap mics and cameras
 * cheap high quality sound
 * CCDs and digital cameras
 * embedded CPUs in cars, fridges and washing machines
 * cell phones and PDAs
 * mp3 players