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To: mrsmith
“maybe they want to sell new chips.”

LOL! I remember my first Microsoft PC back in 1995. From the moment I flipped the power switch to on Windows would start, I would launch MS Word, and start typing in less than one minute on a 64 MB hard drive. Don't even ask me what chip was in it.

Bad programming wastes so much computing power that it is nearly unbelievable.

Check out this gem: https://www.howtogeek.com/171945/why-do-old-game-run-way-too-fast-on-modern-computers/

32 posted on 01/13/2018 3:23:50 PM PST by WMarshal (John McCain is the turd in America's punch bowl. McLame cannot even fake an injury.)
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To: WMarshal

I go back to the 80’s when “no one needs more than 640k memory”.
Programs had to be tight. Heck few of us had 64k.


39 posted on 01/13/2018 5:23:23 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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