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Just for a fun comparison.

The original NeXT computer: 25MHz Motorola 68030 plus copro, 8MB RAM, 256MB storage, 300W power usage, $15k in 2021 dollars, weighed a lot

The Apple Watch Series 7: 1800MHz t8301 CPU (but scales up and down), 1GB RAM, 32GB storage, 50-100 mW (I think?), $399, weighs 35g or so

What a difference 33 years makes!




The watch has similar specs to the first MacBook Pro from 2006!


The watch is more powerful than the netbook I'm typing on right now.


I sometimes think we have an 'embarrassment of riches' today - more computing power than we know what to do with!


No, we know exactly what to do with it: run a bunch of Electron apps to use it all up.


If companies can produce software in half the time by doubling the CPU, RAM and disk usage, they will do it if they can get away with it.


It's always Electron apps come up when someone mentions that we have too many resources :)




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