do you think a perfect os or a pc hardware standard will ever exist?

[Shpongle]

just wanted an opinion on this? its something iv thought about!

[Sewje]

Yea its called the matrix...

[chucky chuckaluck]

there are a number of starry-eyed mac users who think it already does.

[frup]

Surely that could only happen if technology was to stop moving forward. Time would have to stop.

[Einsamkeit]

I don't think a perfect OS will ever exist, or anything "perfect" for that matter.
People have ever-evolving needs, top hardware is changing every few weeks...
Everything is in constant transformation, something perfect would require an absolute standstill to even begin to be possible.

And over that, a "perfect" OS would need to fit every individual's very subjective needs and desires, which I can hardly imagine happening.

However, I think there'll be pretty great OSes, we already have pretty good stuff with Ubuntu & other various Linux distributions. ;)

[dragos240]

surely that could only happen if technology was to stop moving forward. Time would have to stop.

+1

[pwnst*r]

+1

^

plus, your idea of perfection is probably not the same as mine.

[Shpongle]

well based on the current system architecture that is von neumanns , we are limited by the speed of light in terms of processing power!, thats why we have duel / quad core processors, they will only get so fast & then what?, could linux ever think for itself! , in theory , could you ever see it happening ?

[Mehall]

well based on the current system architecture that is von neumanns , we are limited by the speed of light in terms of processing power!, thats why we have duel / quad core processors, they will only get so fast & then what?, could linux ever think for itself! , in theory , could you ever see it happening ?

actually, the reason for multi-core processors is that we can't make single-core ones fast enough without them overheating using traditional materials.

Try Diamond instead (http://blog.mehall.co.cc/?p=68)

[stwschool]

Perfection would just be boring. How would we tweak it?

[Shpongle]

actually, the reason for multi-core processors is that we can't make single-core ones fast enough without them overheating using traditional materials.

Try Diamond instead (http://blog.mehall.co.cc/?p=68)

yes but were still limited by the speed of electricity which is the speed of light!,

[Mehall]

yes but were still limited by the speed of electricity which is the speed of light!,

True, but changing how it works at that level changes the very basis of how it works.

That's not changing architecture or anything, that's re-envisioning how computers work at a base level.

[LookTJ]

Nothing on this earth or this lifetime will ever be perfect.

[nolliecrooked]

Nothing on this earth or this lifetime will ever be perfect.

actually you could argue that nature in its purest form, i.e. not ****** up by man is perfect.

[LookTJ]

actually you could argue that nature in its purest form, i.e. not ****** up by man is perfect.
that's true :)

[Tipped OuT]

actually you could argue that nature in its purest form, i.e. Not ****** up by man is perfect.

+1 :)

[lisati]

well based on the current system architecture that is von neumanns , we are limited by the speed of light in terms of processing power!, thats why we have duel / quad core processors, they will only get so fast & then what?, could linux ever think for itself! , in theory , could you ever see it happening ?

From what little I've read, Harvard Architecture and similar can in some situations help speed things up. As long as the instruction cache and the data cache share the same bus for accessing "real" memory, there will be limits to how quickly the processor can do its stuff.