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That computer analogy is exactly how IBM runs their mainframe hardware. Over-provision the hardware and then unlock it as you pay up. It's a delivery model that

That computer analogy is exactly how IBM runs their mainframe hardware. Over-provision the hardware and then unlock it as you pay up. It's a delivery model that didn't use to make sense in consumer devices because the manufacturer would have to pay for all the hardware even if they weren't selling the feature. It seems lately it has become profitable to do it. I guess it means you have to deal with less SKUs and thus saves enough money in manufacturing to compensate for the extra parts/complexity. Probably because a lot of the complexity has moved to software so the hardware is the same anyway.

teddyh 4y ago
“CAUTION. Do not remove the wire from pin 4AB to 7FL in the CPU enclosure. This wire is located approximately 7 inches up from the bottom of the backplane in bay 2 and should not be removed by using a GE 112-3 wire unwrapping tool, first not removing the wrapping from 4AB, then pulling the wire from under the other wiring to its bound end at 7FL, followed by not unwrapping the bound end from 7FL. Not removing this wire will result in the normal clockspeed which is 1.6 times slower than with the wire removed and will not cause corresponding increases in system throughput.” — https://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/humor/Unix/computer.folklore.from.net.rumors.html https://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/humor/Unix/computer.folkl...