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Re:Apple Silicon Hardware: SPRR and Guarded Exception Levels... by inb4_cancelled on Saturday May 08, 2021 @02:32AM (#27084498)
1980's computers compared to today's computers are like an IKEA chair compared a nuclear aircraft carrier.
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Re:Apple Silicon Hardware: SPRR and Guarded Exception Levels... by marcosdumay on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:51AM (#27087119)
So what? (But no, they had way more discrete components.)

Compare 1980's sound systems to today's sound systems. Or 1980's fridges to today's fridges. Or washing machines, circuit breakers, whatever.

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