# 2016... a leap forward for PC? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2015, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-a-leap-forward-for-pc/718630 "2015-04-27T08:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-a-leap-forward-for-pc/718630/21 "2015-04-29T00:20:38Z")
Some of these things sound great, especially the SSD drives. But will they finally make an HDMI cable that can transmit closed captions? None of the “tricks” to work around it work with our cable company and Dad’s hard of hearing but too in love with HD to go back to hooking up the cable box the old way, so if they do make one… ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-a-leap-forward-for-pc/718630/22 "2015-04-29T00:54:23Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Some of these things sound great, especially the SSD drives. > > But will they finally make an HDMI cable that can transmit closed captions? None of the “tricks” to work around it work with our cable company and Dad’s hard of hearing but too in love with HD to go back to hooking up the cable box the old way, so if they do make one… Sounds like a device thing, not a cable thing… ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Bragg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Stealth\_Bragg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Bragg)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-a-leap-forward-for-pc/718630/23 "2015-04-29T14:58:50Z")
Windows 8 users, just load the free program [classic shell](http://www.classicshell.net/) and get your start menu back. Enough griping already 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-a-leap-forward-for-pc/718630/24 "2015-04-29T15:06:44Z")
Oooh! ---
**Author:** ![sonder999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@sonder999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sonder999)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-a-leap-forward-for-pc/718630/25 "2015-04-30T14:45:38Z")
NVM ssds are coming out. Intel has already released one that is 4 times faster. It’s $1 for 1GB though. Samsung will join later this year which will be better quality/endurance. A new revolution in ssd is coming. Bye bye SATA. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-a-leap-forward-for-pc/718630/26 "2015-04-30T15:09:06Z")
I don’t foresee a “leap forward” in computing until we find some alternative to silicon/CMOS for chip fabrication. we’re getting close to the limit of what can be optically patterned and etched. I think the most significant “leap forward” has been the rise of the smartphone. > [@elfkin477](#): > > Some of these things sound great, especially the SSD drives. > > But will they finally make an HDMI cable that can transmit closed captions? None of the “tricks” to work around it work with our cable company and Dad’s hard of hearing but too in love with HD to go back to hooking up the cable box the old way, so if they do make one… this has nothing to do with the cable. captions aren’t sent separately down the wire, they’re encoded into the same encrypted stream as the video data. if you’re getting a picture at all, the cable is fine. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-a-leap-forward-for-pc/718630/27 "2015-04-30T15:44:09Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I think the most significant “leap forward” has been the rise of the smartphone. I think the concepts pioneered on smartphones are feeding back to PCs, which in itself is a big leap forward. Most significantly, software are evolving into (or being replaced replaced by) tools to access online services. Even Microsoft Office is turning into a cloud storage service - if you use Word and save a document in the default folder (i.e. on OneDrive), you can access it from any PC, tablet or smartphone. Even something as simple as ToDo list manager is now an online service with browser interfaces & plug-ins. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2016-a-leap-forward-for-pc/718630.md?page=1)