Research

“We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be” (Bill Gates). Computers have evolved drastically in the past few years to become 15000 times faster than older computers, and also became much easier to use and understand. Yet, that leaves us with a question here, what is the basic dream that Bill Gates has mentioned? The dream was to have a PC running windows in every home around the globe, and that dream seems close to be true. According to Gartner, one of the world's leading information technology research and advisory companies, the number of personal computers in use worldwide hit one billion as of June 28th 2008, and its increasing to hit two billion by 2014 (Gartner, 2008). However, computer evolution didn’t stop there; instead computers have conquered mobile phones, transforming those phones into mini computers that are capable of doing almost everything that computers would do. For example, the Apple iPhone is capable of browsing the web, making and editing movies, accessing social networks, editing word documents, and so much more. Also, it appears that computers have become a major prerequisite in all companies, schools, and medical organizations because they seem to enhance the output of all members mentioned in the above organizations. As a result, the evolution of computers enhances education and research, improves communication, and makes work much easier and efficient.
To begin with, a question should firstly be proposed; what difference did access to computers had on the first generation of scientists or researchers who used them? While we do know that they used to go to libraries to study books written by other scientists and spend hours analyzing them, we’re unsure how much time and power consuming that process was. For instance, many researchers used microfilms to store all the documents they needed from those books, which sometimes used to fail, because of the inaccuracy and limited range the old cameras used to have....