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It seems that modern computers are so complex that there are just some things they can't do quickly. Dan Luu (a hardware/software engineer at Microsoft) had a nagging feeling that the computers of today felt slower than those he used as a kid and decided to document the latency of an assortment of devices from 1977 to present.
Almost every computer and mobile device that people buy today is slower than common models of computers from the 70s and 80s. Low-latency gaming desktops and the iPad pro can get into the same range as quick machines from thirty to forty years ago, but most off-the-shelf devices aren’t even close.
Almost every computer and mobile device that people buy today is slower than common models of computers from the 70s and 80s. Low-latency gaming desktops and the iPad pro can get into the same range as quick machines from thirty to forty years ago, but most off-the-shelf devices aren’t even close.