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I remember the brand, though I never came near one. Friends all had various other machines. Sounds like they missed the memo about Moore's Law. It really was a
by lordnacho 4y ago
I remember the brand, though I never came near one. Friends all had various other machines.
Sounds like they missed the memo about Moore's Law. It really was a special time for home computing in the 1990s, every time I went to see a friend with a new machine it would be miles better than one from just a few months earlier. Sounds went from a bunch of beeps to what we now think of as ordinary. Graphics went from green text on a black screen to proper 3D. The father of a friend of mine had a high end machine that he used to do research, super precious about it. Not long after I had a gaming machine that was much better.
You can see why your average business manager might think to keep the outdated models around as entry level machines, and then people got so disappointed they never came back.
- hinkley 4y agoIn the era before 3D graphics became the default for games, it was often the case that people would justify upgrading a machine in order to be able to handle spreadsheets better, but coincidentally it now also ran video games better as well. I have no idea how many times business software served as a handy excuse for fun, but it was a lot.