Computer speed over time [Was: Re: PDP-8/L value]

Easier to make inroads into these segments, since low power consumption is king, and software compatibility is mostly unnecessary cross-platform. ________________________________ From: Ray Arachelian <ray at arachelian.com> To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Sent: Tue, January 19, 2010 1:08:31 PM Subject: Re: Computer speed over time [Was: Re: PDP-8/L value] Cameron Kaiser wrote: Don't forget that they're also ARM (iphones, ipod's touch both run a crippled version of OS X). But speaking of which ARM is making quite the headway into netbooks and phones these days. It's as if the interesting machines moved from big iron, to minis, to micros, to phones/PDA's/ultra portable. There's a trend there too in terms of features.