On Fri, 04 Oct 2013 16:36:12 +0100 Bruno Medeiros <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 27/09/2013 23:10, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > > On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:35:29 +0100 > > Bruno Medeiros <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> "Hardware does get faster more rapidly than software gets slower -- > >> > > > > Well, when you're in an industry that's constantly upgrading to the > > latest top-of-the-line hardware, perhaps; for everyone else, > > certainly not. > > > > New hardware is cheap, for a developer's salary. But not always necessary, depending on the exact field and industry. > But even so desktop > specs haven't even improved much in the last 3 years or so (apart > from GPUs). My desktop is 4 years old and I don't think I would tell > a difference in performance if I upgraded it (again, apart from the > GPU). > Yea, exactly. I'm amazed that even "low-end" budget machines are so ridiculously powerful these days. Pretty damn cool.
