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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 1154722" data-attributes="member: 71075">Yes, hardware has gotten faster and yes, software has gotten more complex (and people manage much more content with their computers now) so you don't see the blazing speeds you're expecting. All I suggest as evidence that computers have gotten much faster is take that library or rename that large batch on a P3 450Mhz machine with 128 MB RAM. So yes, you don't see your computer do everything as fast as a rocket ship but your computer (and all machines) are doing so much more than they used to do.It's a bit of an odd game - software developers have more to play with so they push the limits of the hardware and because of this, hardware developers have to push harder to make faster equipment and then the circle starts over.One last thought - a web browser (had to pick something) opens at least twice as fast on my machine compared to an older one running an older version. I remember the waits for IE6 to open on an older Windows box - I never wait that long for a modern browser on my machine. So in some case, hardware improvement can out pace those of software developers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 1154722, member: 71075"] Yes, hardware has gotten faster and yes, software has gotten more complex (and people manage much more content with their computers now) so you don't see the blazing speeds you're expecting. All I suggest as evidence that computers have gotten much faster is take that library or rename that large batch on a P3 450Mhz machine with 128 MB RAM. So yes, you don't see your computer do everything as fast as a rocket ship but your computer (and all machines) are doing so much more than they used to do. It's a bit of an odd game - software developers have more to play with so they push the limits of the hardware and because of this, hardware developers have to push harder to make faster equipment and then the circle starts over. One last thought - a web browser (had to pick something) opens at least twice as fast on my machine compared to an older one running an older version. I remember the waits for IE6 to open on an older Windows box - I never wait that long for a modern browser on my machine. So in some case, hardware improvement can out pace those of software developers. [/QUOTE]

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