🚀 go-pugleaf

fred j mccall writes:
>
>Unless, of course, it's the only way to get decent performance out of
>Windows/NT or Windows 4.0.  Hey, when the 386-25 came out I remember
>hearing the same sorts of things.  "Hey, nobody needs that much
>computer on their desktop!"  Well, surprise.  If the hardware exists,
>someone will make software that soaks up the performance.

True, this used to be said about 4K Z80 computers, etc.  But look
at the performance jump from such a machine to a 50 MHz 486 with
8 megabytes of RAM.  You actually can do quite a lot with a Z80.
Now think about what the 486 is capable of.  There are very few
people who need that sort of power.  It is mostly a marketing thing;
if, say, Geos was in the position that Windows is then people
wouldn't be so desperate for 486s.  A well-designed machine with
properly balanced subsystems would be preferrable to a lackluster
box with a screamingly fast CPU.

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James Hague   
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