Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Well let's examine that one.
> 
> I've only ever seen a PS3 in action once. I was using it to play a game 
> called "Call of Duty 4". Never heard of the game,

You don't play many video games, then.  CoD4 has been one of the top 
selling games for the past several months (it came out last November, 
didn't it?)

> On the other hand, Word just makes text appear on a screen, and lets you 
> edit it. (And change fonts and styles.) That was possible 20 years ago. 

No, you're describing WordPad.  Word does significantly more.

> So why does it suddenly require so much hardware to achieve the same 
> thing as before? It's not like Word has any significant new features or 
> anything...

Because your computer is doing a *lot* more than just running Word.

...Chambers

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