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Re:How might software development have unfolded if CPU speed... by eterm on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @05:05AM (#39977561)
Not all of it was, some of it was very laggy and slow. Indeed the whole OS would frequently freeze up.
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Re:How might software development have unfolded if CPU speed... by stavros on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @05:07AM (#39977575)
Sure, but nowadays all of it is laggy and slow. I cringe every time I'm faster than Slack, a text chat program.
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Re:How might software development have unfolded if CPU speed... by vendiddy on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:11PM (#39984859)
Yep exactly. If we're talking about a cutting-edge app, I get the sluggishness.

But IRC used to respond instantly. Feels like apps are doing roughly the same thing but more slowly despite having computers that are orders of magnitude faster.

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Re:How might software development have unfolded if CPU speed... by Ratiofarmings on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @05:52AM (#39977813)
Be careful not to mix slow CPUs with not having SSDs. A OS freezing up is almost always because something is broken or because it's waiting for a HDD to spin up.
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