Subj : Re: A new computer setup
To   : Dennisk
From : Moondog
Date : Fri Aug 21 2020 11:30:00

  Re: Re: A new computer setup
  By: Dennisk to Tracker1 on Fri Aug 21 2020 08:39 am


 > 
 > There was a significant upgrade when I moved the OS to an SSD, but apart fro
 > that I don't notice a difference between my home machine, and the new machin
 > use at work.  Maybe again, the tasks are different, but perhaps the only
 > noticable thing is that programs take touch longer to start.  But as what I
 > mostly am using now is a web browser, Syncterm, Doom level editor, Emacs and
 > Terminal, perhaps that is why.  I would feel the age if I compared something
 > resource heavy, like video editing, but I do that so, so rarely.
 > 
 > But there definately is something here.  You couldn't get away in 2000 with 
 > 1990s computer, or even in 2010 with a 2000s one.
 > 
 > ... DalekDOS v(overflow): (I)Obey (V)ision impaired (E)xterminate

While planning to help setup a single use PC for driving an information kiosk
for a non-profit, Atom powered systems were metioned.  When I first dealt with
 Atom CPU's 10-13 years ago, they were horribly under powered for the task. 
I looked at the specs of the newer model, and it benchmarks better than 2013
era Intel i3-3220 I'm currently running.

Good analogy about 10 year old cpu's.  Nearly every year the clock speed and
processing power doubled back in the Pentium 1 through 4 years.  PC's in an
office environment had a 3 year life cycle, however later on I saw them get
stretched out to 5-7 years in the 2005-2013 time frame.

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