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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by unlinked_dll on Thursday December 19, 2019 @12:43AM (#21832261)
Remember when OS's had startup bleeps/bloops to entertain us while they booted? Those were the days. Now I'm completely irked waiting for an old 5400 RPM drive to boot Fedora on the occasion I need to do it.
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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by throwaway3563 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @04:29AM (#21833328)
You felt like you really got your money’s worth when that counter slowly ground it’s way up to “8192KB RAM OK”
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