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0 pointsdhosek4y ago0 comments

I think the HDD vs floppies comparison is more sensibly analogized to SSD vs HDD. That was a massive change. I think the Apple Silicon vs Intel upgrade is pretty exciting (although a lot of that feels like promise of what might be coming in the M2 and beyond), but yes, it's definitely a different world than it was in the 90s which was probably the period of most rapid technical advancement in personal computing.

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Koshkin4y ago· 1 in thread

> SSD vs HDD. That was a massive change.

On a tech level, sure. But not something the majority of users have even noticed. (Less noise, maybe.)

> Apple Silicon vs Intel upgrade

I've had a hard time explaining to someone the meaning of this (and why they should care).

So, no, there is no comparison to the level of innovation and the general excitement around the computer tech they saw back in the 80s.

dhosekOP4y ago

The speed difference is really quite dramatic. When I replaced the boot hard drive on my Mac Mini with a SSD after it died, it was an immediately obvious increase in performance.

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