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It's such a ridiculous line. Even putting aside that many laptops and desktops cost over $1000 Intel spends over $10 billion a year on R&D and machines.[0] Add
by jkldotio 11y ago
It's such a ridiculous line. Even putting aside that many laptops and desktops cost over $1000 Intel spends over $10 billion a year on R&D and machines.[0] Add to that the kind of engineering that goes into the physical form of a Thinkpad or a Macbook Air, both of which are far more impressive that a stationary monolith. Then add the kind of engineering that goes into a modern Ubuntu, Windows or Mac OSX. Someone estimated as far back as 2008 that just the Linux kernel alone represents over 1 billion dollars of R&D.[1]
[0]http://fortune.com/2014/11/17/top-10-research-development/ http://fortune.com/2014/11/17/top-10-research-development/
[1]http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/10/linux-kernel-worth-1bn.html http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/10/linux-kernel-worth-1bn.html
- lispm 11y agoI think he is talking about something different. The difference is like this: A 5 dollar plastic keyboard vs. a handmade $1000+ keyboard with mechanical switches. The very first Lisp Machines were handmade $100000 pieces of hardware. With wire-wrapped boards made of zillions of low-integrated chips and various other components. Huge power supplies for several KW worth of electricity. Really everything was specially made, like 25m long console cables with signals for monitor, mouse, sound and keyboard.