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One major difference is it's hard to "supe up" an old computer. Harder in general for the layman to repair or modify means you are more likely to need a fully f
by hderms 5y ago
One major difference is it's hard to "supe up" an old computer. Harder in general for the layman to repair or modify means you are more likely to need a fully functioning device to be able to use it, less gray area. Also cars are inherently harder to store so there are less of them floating around at any given time if they aren't immediately serviceable they might get junked or otherwise rust into pieces.
That being said writing software for "dead" platforms might level that out
- quantified 5y agoRight, dropping a Ryzen or a Rocket Lake into your old Compaq is going to take serious work.
- m1nz1 5y agoI’m no expert on hardware. However, is it possible in the future that our progress towards faster and faster chips slows to the point where a 30 yr old chip is actually not that slow compared to a modern chip?
- wmf 5y agoMoore's Law is definitely slowing, although it's hard to imagine things getting that bad.
- wmf 5y agoit's hard to "supe up" an old computer Except Amigas for some reason. People are still making Amiga upgrade kits!
- Dracophoenix 5y agoIn addition to Ataris as well as the old Macintoshes with NuBus expansion slots.