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Re:Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance... by _jal on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:57PM (#28528336)
Of course not.

We all know that there have been no functional improvements to software enabled by processor speed increases since the 8081. Everything since then has been programmers slowly using up their "wait()" calls placed in code in the 70s to fake it.

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Re:Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance... by TulliusCicero on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:32PM (#28528857)
"The most amazing achievement of the computer software industry is its continuing cancellation of the steady and staggering gains made by the computer hardware industry."

— Henry Petroski

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Re:Apple unveils new iPad mini with breakthrough performance... by moftz on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:59PM (#28529330)
We need to bring back the Turbo button.
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