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In a sense they do become too slow. After using newer stuff, you begin to expect faster performance. I remember being quite satisfied with my previous laptop ti
by Herring 18y ago
In a sense they do become too slow. After using newer stuff, you begin to expect faster performance. I remember being quite satisfied with my previous laptop till I started using the newer dual core stuff.
- gaius 18y agoThat is true, but the volume of useful work that can be done on a computer doesn't decrease; the slowness is almost always in the user interface portion, not the computation. Obviously this is different in fields were people actually are constrained by their processors and staying on the cutting edge is a competitive advantage. We have a couple of apps like that (e.g. Monte Carlo simulations where we can basically eat as much power as we can get) but for most people (including me), most of the time, computers became "good enough" for work on the desktop 10-15 years ago.