Those two vids are CGI, So they are not being rendered on the fly, Yet I dont think its really that far away...
10 Years ago I got my first IBM compatable PC..
1st PCCPU 486DX66
RAM 8MB @ 66mhz
HDD 800MB Western Digital
Trident 1 MB
Desktop PC todayCPU Semphron 2500+ ~1800Mhz
RAM 512MB @ 400MHZ
HDD 3 Drives Total Space 400 000MB
Video GF5200 256MB @ ~400 Mhz
Difference between the two (Based upon Mhz and MB)YES THIS IS AN OVERLY SIMPLIFIED APPROACH TO THE CALCULATIONCPU Mhz 27 Times Faster
RAM 64 Times the size @ 6 Times the speed
HDD 500 Times the Size
Video 256 times the size @ approx 6 Times the speed
Now when you consider things like using water to store data:
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"A cubic centimetre of ferroelectric memory could hold as much as 12.8m GB of data, they reckon"http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/10/ferroelectric_storage/You have to wonder were we will be at in 10 Years time...
Perhaps oneday I will be able to: Turn on, Plug in and Drop out... hehe alwas wanted to be a Shadow Running Cyberpunk... lol