24 Jan
2012
24 Jan
'12
2:20 a.m.
On Jan 23, 2012, at 8:58 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Not criticizing, just reflecting on how far we've
come.
I guess I wouldn't be criticizing if it weren't for the fact that with all those
advances, everything still runs at the same approximate apparent speed. It takes over a
minute to boot all of my modern machines off of rather fast hard drives (even with boot
caching), while it took 20 seconds to boot my Mac Plus from a floppy. Apples to oranges,
I guess, but it's disappointing. We live in the future, but the future sure seems
bloated.
- Dave