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Technological progress = giant waste of time

Hubpages runs probably the most ludicrous computer comparison ever, between a 1986 Mac Plus and a 2007 AMD Dual Core PC. And the Mac beats the new machine!

The Mac won 53 per cent of the tests, measuring performance on basic tasks (read: the things you actually use your computer for). Says the article:

When we compare strictly common, everyday, basic user tasks between the Mac Plus and the AMD we find remarkable similarities in overall speed, thus it can be stated that for the majority of simple office uses, the massive advances in technology in the past two decades have brought zero advance in productivity.

I guess the sprawling beast that is Windows Vista, while awful pretty, is more or less useless.

May 31st, 2007 by graeme |

10 Responses to “Technological progress = giant waste of time”

Wow. I guess that’s the price you pay for being able to play half life 2. And to that end, frankly, I’d be willing to pay my left arm to do that. (Of course that would make it considerably more difficult to play).

It makes you wonder why there isn’t a company creating ‘word processing’ machines that just do the basics and that is it… theoretically they should be able to do it super duper fast if they streamline machines for that…

The Forbes on 5-31-2007 at 11:44 am

Well, if Nicholas Negroponte can build a $179 laptop than can surf the net and all the office functions- running on only hand-cranking- it makes you wonder why any of us are paying through the nose for flashy machines.

graeme on 5-31-2007 at 12:05 pm