One billion PCs by the end of 2008...

[b1gapl]

One billion PCs worldwide by end of 2008 - silicon.com

More than one billion PCs will be in use worldwide by the end of 2008, fuelled by high growth rates in emerging markets such as the Bric bloc of countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China.

Imagine the folding potential, if we were all to fold at once.

 

[peterhuang913]

one billion PCs isn't one billion PCs with internet
nonetheless, its nice to know mankind is making progress

 

[b1gapl]

And I'm guessing, like 900 million of them are running Windows.

 

[Trifid]

Imagine the folding potential, if we were all to fold at once.

Imagine the amount of "global warmings" given out!

 

[molsen]

^^^^ in all seriousness, you're right. more computers with powerful processors = more energy consumed = more greenhouse gas emissions.

but, considering the rate at which humanity as a whole is growing...pop. increase, housing increase, etc., the number of computers isn't going to have much of an impact.

 

[Law]

Yea that's crazy, it's like the average person has at least 2 computers. I myself have 5 computers alone, F*** U ozone

 

[Preacher]

I got 2 PC's.

 

[b1gapl]

I got 4....getting my 5th sometime this summer.

 

[dwall26]

Maybe the extra computers will be used to solve the global warming problem.

 

[zmatt]

Maybe the extra computers will be used to solve the global warming problem.

lol it would be great if they made htis incredibly powerful super computer to find a solution and its solution was to turn off all computer. ha!