These came to mind On Demand tv DVR SSDs versus regular hard drives windowing functions in databases MP3s vs CDs or minidisks. (Suddenly I could hold 1000

These came to mind On Demand tv DVR SSDs versus regular hard drives windowing functions in databases MP3s vs CDs or minidisks. (Suddenly I could hold 1000 songs in my pocket) Columnar databases (Sybase IQ, SQL Server, Redshift) 20 tools on 1 device in your pocket.. replaced flashlight, magnifying glass, calculator, maps, notepad etc etc Multicore CPUs.. Oh I can do 2 or more things while stuff is compiling in the back ground.. and of course async Ajax.. no more refreshing the whole page Automated tests and builds..