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Originally Posted by kenjennings
Ah, nope. Cellphones being released today have faster processors and more memory than a decent computer ten years ago.
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I didn't take that into account, equating "miniaturization" with diminutive memory is most certainly not the case. Even tiny devices have big memory!
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Software is continuously being loaded down with more and more pointless bells, whistles, bling, glitz, not to mention bad object oriented design, bloating programs and making them run slower.
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Stop the E-world, I wanna get off! Surely there is
some community of tight-code advocates out there, who share efficient programs and tightly coded scripts? Seems that this current epidemic of
bloat is not limited to meat-space dietary issues.
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still have an Amiga (66Mhz CPU, 32M RAM, yes, that Megahertz and Megabytes)
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I think that's very kewl, you have such an antique PC in your habitat. My first PC was a "Compaq Luggable"...then, Tandy 1000...then a series of generic systems purchased from Chinese family-owned local shops. And now, I have no more real desktop systems...instead, an Acer 16" laptop, a Hannsnote netbook, a Gateway subnotebook, and lastly (and most recently) this equisite Pocket Edge device.
All but the latter are refurbished, and in excellent condition...all purchased online from CompUSA, which has a very high rating of quality and customer satisfaction. Very important to me for many reasons, but especially because I live on a low income. These three laptops I've reconfigured for dualboot: Windoze and Linux Mint.
I am also a big fan BTW, of abandonware -- for games mostly, but sometimes other warez too. For which reason I need to keep Windoze in my reality. I use Linux for just about everything else.
Cheerz!