I think it’s a little unfair to compare a 10 year old desktop today with a 10 year old ipad today because the rate of progress for desktops has been much lower

I think it’s a little unfair to compare a 10 year old desktop today with a 10 year old ipad today because the rate of progress for desktops has been much lower (and many programs are designed to work on less powerful laptops). Instead consider that a 10 year old laptop in 2010 would be basically useless and massively heavy, or a 10 year old desktop in eg 2007.