• truthfultemporarily@feddit.org
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    6 hours ago

    Only bad management is keeping everything from being crazy fast. No reason for today’s programs to be slower than what we had a decade ago.

    • GalacticRobot@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      I think many programmers and business models have given up on programs running ‘fast’ but rather they just running and shoving them out quickly. Add in all the AI programming, and I don’t see it getting better. It’s basically like most people when they earn more income. The more speed and memory a computer has, the more programmers will use of it.

      A computer from the 80’s starts up a million times faster than any modern computer.

      • kandykarter@lemmy.ca
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        3 hours ago

        That’s nonsense. Every computer I own boots in under a minute. That was unheard of in the 90s, much less the 80s.

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          55 minutes ago

          Eehhh… this person is wrong about programmers and business models but DOS machines did boot really fast (my 486 boots to DOS in about 20 seconds) and C64s and Apple IIs and such were all ROM based and so booted instantly like a Super Nintendo.

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          50 minutes ago

          You realize most computers in the 80’s instantly booted right? Flip power switch and they booted to an internal rom. I’m sorry, are you fairly young?

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            2 hours ago

            Here is a 486 taking over three minutes to boot.

            The person you replied to countered a broad generalization with an anecdote which probably matches the lived experience of most of us oldies who lived through the time. Your comment did not contribute to the conversation.