That's also how I remember the XT (~8086) I got in the 90s. When I typed or clicked, the response was instant. But that was about it, sometimes the HDD didn't w

That's also how I remember the XT (~8086) I got in the 90s. When I typed or clicked, the response was instant. But that was about it, sometimes the HDD didn't work for weeks because I forgot to properly "park" it before turning the computer off. So I had to boot from floppy disk. And that was slooooow... Probably that's one core difference to today's computing, batteries are usually included, systems can run for months or even years without maintenance and crash much more seldomly. In the past people often had to wait for the computer to work again...