There are a lot of people working in the computer industry, and it moves much faster than other industries. This is why 10 years seems like an eternity for use

There are a lot of people working in the computer industry, and it moves much faster than other industries. This is why 10 years seems like an eternity for users to accept no real advancement. Then again, if you aren't really into computers, and just use them, you might look at it as a tool like any other. My car is 10 years old, there are probably people at Ford who hate that I still have it, but I don't yet see a reason to change it. Similarly, while I'm very aware of how the actions of one dominant company (Microsoft) have made the computing industry practically stand still, I am also mostly aware of this because I'm in that industry. There could be a Microsoft of vacuum cleaners, that has kept us away from truly great cleaning machines for the past 50 years, and I wouldn't know. People don't generally have the time, or take the time, to figure out which products could be truly great for them.