Grunff wrote:
Douglas de Lacey wrote:

And the first corollary of Moore's Law is that software authors get
more and more lazy as a result and write less and less efficient code.

Yes, no arguments there. But there are other reasons for wanting faster
machines than just running crappily written office software.

I like RTS games. The current crop of RTS games, which are hugely
superior to those from 5 years (never mind 15 years) ago, need fast
machines to run. Not just to run well, but to run at all. This is mainly
due to the superb graphics, but also to the complexity of the worlds
currently used.


Agreed, this is where most computng power goes these days. Running 3D
video stuff.