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* Does it really take gigabytes of RAM and multiple 2+ghz cores to deliver the same basic paradigm as this 8-bit CPU in 1986, but in 32-bit color, 4K resolution
by matthewmacleod 6y ago
* Does it really take gigabytes of RAM and multiple 2+ghz cores to deliver the same basic paradigm as this 8-bit CPU in 1986, but in 32-bit color, 4K resolution, and with better language and character set support? Really?*
You haven’t described what modern software does though. You’ve just listed a random subset of features.
- api 6y agoModern software that does more or less the same thing as old software uses 10X to sometimes as much as 100X the resources to do the same thing. I am arguing that more colors, higher resolutions, and prettier text is not sufficient to account for this bloat. Examples: simple paint programs, text editors, terminals, mail clients, basic word processing, and so on. In all cases resource requirements have exploded to an extent that can't easily be explained by gains in features or capability.