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Sometimes I wonder too, but your list of exceptions already points to why it's not likely to be true. The datasets that "regular" Excel users mangle easily can
by qsi 5y ago
Sometimes I wonder too, but your list of exceptions already points to why it's not likely to be true. The datasets that "regular" Excel users mangle easily can consume many megabytes. Write a document, add some graphics... remember how slowly JPEGs used to render?
I fully share the nostalgia though, but as a practical matter I don't think your statement is true.
I wrote some amazing papers in Signum! at the time, pushed the LDW spreadsheet to its limits, wrote cool stuff in GFA Basic, fondly remember the Tempus editor, learned C with Turbo C... it was magical, but for getting stuff done I don't I'd want to go back.
I'd love to reclaim some of that magic for today's world.
- rbanffy 5y ago> how slowly JPEGs used to render? It’s mind blowing we had programs specifically for viewing GIFs and JPEGs.
- pjmlp 5y agoPictView and xv for the win!
- spacedcowboy 5y agoI still use xv. And yes, I registered it :)
- BBC-vs-neolibs 5y agoBut still, you could slap 128 megs on an Amiga or Atari and upgrade the processor to be 10 times faster, and you could do all these things. JPEGs were slow because no FPU. (At least on my Amiga.) That setup described above would be extremely underpowered compared even to phones today, but still could do most things we do now, including spreadsheets. A Raspberry Pi is passively cooled and could be a daily rider, even with todays bloated software.