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This was my life in middle school- we had these crappy dual-core laptops that had monitoring software on them, and the computers would grind to a halt if a teac

This was my life in middle school- we had these crappy dual-core laptops that had monitoring software on them, and the computers would grind to a halt if a teacher wanted to see what you were doing. I think that running the modified VNC thing that was used took about 80% of the CPU's available power, and like 90% of the RAM? Anywho, those experiences made me realize how much I value A) my privacy and B) just being left alone.

core-questions 7y ago
That's surprising - used to use VNC to do remote support for people running Pentium II and III machines in the sub-1ghz, single core range, and performance was fine. I suspect those machines were overburdened if you really experienced that much of a performance hit. Just for reference, in middle school we had one Pentium 60 with a CD-ROM that was an absolutely mindblowing machine. I got to use it maybe once a month or so... Everyone else had to use the 386s while one kid would have his day on the fast machine. It seemed so futuristic at the time, and now the story just makes me sound old.