17 February 2005, 12:59 by mark hoekstra

The cranky user: Performance anxiety

I came across this article and I think it covers something we all wonder about from time to time…

Where does all the processing speed go?

Indeed, where does it go? If you remember how productive you could be on a 8MHz-machine (my Mac SE for instance) somehow you expect you must be mega-productive on a dual 2GHz monster… and guess what? you ain’t… :-)

About the author: ...He still doesn’t know why mice need to be cleaned so often, though… LOL

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