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Just want to say that CPU is often the bottleneck for end users on old hardware and low-end laptops. For example, youtube doesn't play well, because the hardwa
by user5994461 7y ago
Just want to say that CPU is often the bottleneck for end users on old hardware and low-end laptops.
For example, youtube doesn't play well, because the hardware is too slow to decode a full HD video stream in real time. No kidding, that's actually a big driver for people to buy newer hardware, people really care about youtube.
Another example. Loading a modern website with 10 MB of javascript bundles. It takes 5-10 seconds to process all that javascript in chrome (on developer workstations), which is slow but fine. Unfortunately that's 15-30 seconds on laptops and mobiles for end users, that is quite a lot, enough that people leave thinking the site is broken.