Computer Speed Gains Erased By Modern Software
hackaday.com
[Julio] has an older computer sitting on a desk, and recorded a quick video with it showing how fast this computer can do seemingly simple things, like open default Windows applications including t…

Interesting take on comparability vs performance. I gotta imaging capturing user data and sending to a cloud collector is also a big culprit.

  • pancakesyrupyum@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I have an ancient early W7-era AMD dual core (bulldozer based? So it’s actually like 1.5c) that runs just peachy on Lubuntu LTS, 8gb of mismatched used Ram I got for free, and an ancient slow HDD.

    I use it for D&D (Roll20 and Foundry) and MTG (Cockatrice).

    I tested W10 with a ReadyBoost sd card and 2gb RAM and it barely worked.