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I've always thought that version of the Mac Pro was one of the most beautifully designed towers I've ever seen.

• rbanffy 11y ago
  I remember the first time I played with one. That thing was unbelievably fast. Reminded me a bit my first contact with a fully tricked out deskside Sun E450. It was so fast I thought I was doing something wrong.
  • zaroth 11y ago
    The most amazing thing is how in each case the passage of time saw each machine become slower and slower until eventually they are nothing but a relic. The weird thing is even a smartphone running basically stock apps and nothing else will still exhibit the same effect. Blistering fast out of the box, frustratingly slow by the time it's replaced. I wonder sometimes if the CPU isn't clocking itself down based on some cycle count, or maybe the flash is literally wearing down and losing IOPS.
    • balls2you 11y ago
      What about the fact that developers are writing more and more bloated and slow applications ?