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Re:Steam Machine by Arainach on Monday June 22, 2026 @03:18PM (#48634747)
The XBox 360 release is closer to the (US) release of the NES than it is to the current day.
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Re:Steam Machine by SpaceNoodled on Monday June 22, 2026 @03:25PM (#48634830)
Reading this was physically painful.
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Re:Steam Machine by giancarlostoro on Monday June 22, 2026 @03:33PM (#48634925)
Dang. That wasn't supposed to be a challenge... That will have eventually become true no matter what tbh.
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Re:Steam Machine by Keyframe on Monday June 22, 2026 @04:08PM (#48635393)
we're dead, practically.
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Re:Steam Machine by Bluecobra on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:20PM (#48637862)
red rings of death, specifically :)
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Re:Steam Machine by pluralmonad on Monday June 22, 2026 @09:33PM (#48639038)
Time to wrap us in a towel and put us in the oven!
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Re:Steam Machine by Sophira on Monday June 22, 2026 @10:39PM (#48639503)
Similarly, Windows XP's release is closer to the release of the IBM 5150 (the first-ever IBM PC) than it is to today.
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Re:Steam Machine by tosti on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @03:57AM (#48641768)
But the difference in computing power is more impressive between the first IBM PC in 1981 and a new PC from 2001, than between a new PC from 2001 and now. At least subjectively (it might be that software in general got more slower than hardware got faster).
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