Why Haven't Motherboards Changed?

Motherboards have been on the same standard size, created by Intel, the ATX form-factor motherboard. From there, they have somewhat expanded into the Extended-ATX, or made the motherboard smaller for a more compact design, like the Mini-ATX motherboards. They occasionally use newer chipsets when chipset companies release them. But all in all, motherboard manufacturers have been staying on the same form factor for a very, VERY long time. When will they ever change?

Well, for one, it may change with the release of the new Nehalem CPU's from Intel. The Nehalem will use a completely-new socket on Intel motherboards, and possibly a new standard. One reason that manufacturers may have stayed on the same form-factor for so long is because everything else has been molded around the form factor of the motherboard.

One extremely apparent component molded around the motherboard size is the computer case itself. The holes on the motherboard tray are drilled exactly in the same positions as the holes in the motherboards for the screws to keep the motherboard in place while the case is tilted vertically.

Can you see one of the large main reasons manufacturers stay on the same form-factor for so long? Think about it: a lot of the components of the computer are molded around the motherboard. So if a manufacturer uses a different form-factor, those other components will have a larger chance of being incompatible with the motherboard.

Yes, you've guessed right: if a manufacturer uses a new form-factor, they lose their compatibility with many other components, and lose their share in the market. Large manufacturers are all about gaining profit through minimal means; staying on the same form-factor for a motherboard is a significant one. However, it does bore us, the consumer, if they stay on a single thing for a long time. After all, we are in an age where the attention span of a normal person is very short.

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How Social Media Has Changed Communication

People gather information, education, news, etc., through electronic and print media. Social media are distinct from industrial or traditional media, like newspapers, television, and film. They are relatively less expensive and reachable to enable anyone (even private individuals) to circulate or reach the information, compared to industrial media, which generally require significant resources to publish information hence relatively expensive. It has changed the way of marketing in almost every industry.

One common feature both social media and industrial media share is the potential to reach small or large audiences; for example, either a blog post or a television show may reach none or millions of people. Some of the properties helping to describe the differences between social media and industrial media are:

Access - Both industrial and social media technologies enable anyone to reach a global audience. The main aim of both media is to reach maximum number of audience.

Reachability - The means of production for industrial media are either owned by individuals or by government; But, social media tools are generally available to anyone at little or no cost.

Serviceability - While industrial media production characteristically requires specialized skills and training, most social medium do not, or in certain cases, skills are reinvented to enable anyone to operate the means of production.

Time span - The time lag between communications created by industrial media can be long - days, weeks, or even months while social mediums are capable of yielding virtually instant feedbacks; only the participants decide any delay in reaction). Since industrial media are of late utilizing social media tools, this feature may, in fact, not be idiosyncratic any longer.

Durability - industrial media, once created, cannot be modified (once a magazine article is published and distributed, no alteration can be made to the same article) while social medium are capable of being modified almost instantly by comments or editing.

Using social media as a form of business has taken on completely new challenges. As a study indicated, it is the most effective if marketing efforts through social media revolve around the authentic edifice of authority. Someone performing a marketing role within a company must truthfully convince people of their authentic intentions, knowledge and proficiency in a particular area or industry by providing valuable and accurate data on an ongoing basis without a marketing angle blatantly associated. If this is possible to be executed, the recipient of that information - and that message itself - begins to develop naturally.

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