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1988 vs 2008

1988 vs 2008

Time fly, thing change, apart from we are getting older,  let's see what has happended for the last 20 years.....
 
Mobile Phone
   
 Analog brick cell phone.  Apple iphone with EDGE/GSM
 quad-band
Notebook
   
 9.54-MHz Intel 80C86, 1MB Ram,
10MB harddisk.
 2-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB Ram,
 160GB harddisk.
 Road Map
   
 Paper road map.  Satellite navigation system
 Television
   
 480 lines, interlaced CRT.
 HD 1080 lines, progressive LED
 Portable music player
   
 Analog cassette walkman.  Digital Apple ipod. (mp3, WMA...)
Commercial passenger airplane
   
 Boeing 747, largest passenger airplane
 since 1970, passenger load 416.
 Airbus 380. take over in year 2008,
 passenger load 555.
 Desktop PC
   
 Intel 80286, 640KB Ram, 3.5in floppy
 
14-inch CRT, 16 colors.
 Intel Core 2 Duo 2.80GHz, 2GB Ram,
 DVD-RW, 17-inch widescreen LCD,
 16.7 million colors
 Games consoles
   
 Nintendo NES, cartridge.  Nintendo Wii, optical, HD, wireless.
 Video player
   
 VHS magnetic tape.  Blu-ray optical.
 Car
   
 Hinda Civic, 1.2-1.6 Liter  Honda Civic 1.5-1.8-Liter,
 aerodynamic design.
 Car II
   
 Proton Saga.  Proton Saga, same design still available
 with minor change.
 Michael Jackson
   
 Black and steady.  White, but.....