Speed now & then (Space and time?)

[ben]

On 3/30/2018 5:32 AM, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 10:07:27PM -0500, Mark Linimon via cctalk wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 09:00:35PM -0500, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
>>> It was an absolute DOG! It took several minutes for Emacs to load.
>> So, uh, I hate to tell you about the state of the art these days ...
> 
> It starts up within half a second or so on my development box, even though my
> .emacs pulls in all sorts of weird and wonderful packages. On my remote
> servers, it can take a few seconds if the box is overloaded, but is otherwise
> instant.
> 
> A lot of traditional software has *not* encountered the kind of bloat needed to
> counteract Moore's Law, and so performs beautifully. What *is* bloating is
> Windows software -- mercifully I don't run Windows -- half-jobbed ports of said
> Windows software to other platforms (Firefox, mainly), and web-based stuff. The
> latter includes various phoned-it-in apps which are basically written in
> Javascript and embed an invisible web browser, which includes Slack, Spotify,
> and a few other bits and pieces.
> 
> The obvious answer is to not use that bloated crapware and find something else
> that does the same job.

But that is the old fly in the ointment, other software may not be 
avilable. I do run windows and real text screen UNIX is not aviable 
anymore. All I know it is same $$$ cycle as always, BUY the new machine
for faster software, but you need buy the software that has bug fixes 
and patches for the new system and the software slows down again.
GUI's gave us 8x bloat and streaming media another 8x bloat.
It is about time NEW notebook computers to come out to let you use them
to take NOTEs rather than some ap for your phone for notes.
Ben.
PS: Do I need a VALVE computer for the best sounding digital music?
PPS: Notice how records are selling again.