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Why aren't computers really "faster"?
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<blockquote data-quote="EndlessMac" data-source="post: 1154774" data-attributes="member: 140470"><p>I think this problem has several issues that creates the problem. First off most of what Head_Unit has asked for can be solved by upgrading the hard drive to a faster one. A person can get the fastest computer on earth but with a slow hard drive they will still experience the same problems. A computer is only as fast as its slowest part and most average computer users don't realize this so they buy the fastest CPU and think that's all it takes. Part of the reason why the new MacBook Air seems so fast is because it comes with an SSD hard drive even though its processor is slower than a MacBook Pro.</p><p></p><p>The other problem as vansmith pointed out is that software developers are making use of the faster computers so software nowadays are more demanding than they were in the past. This means that noticeable performance levels out because as computers get faster software gets more demanding proportionally. As mentioned by others if we used older software on newer machines then we will see the speed difference. For example I could play an older game at the highest settings but it would hardly be a challenge for a recent computer. </p><p></p><p>Part of the blame comes down to us the consumers because most people won't upgrade and buy new software if all they did was make it more efficient and faster. People seem to want fancy new features as a reason to upgrade. With every new fancy feature, it means the software becomes more demanding and bloated. For example TextEdit is a very simple word processor but many people want the fancy features of Microsoft Office or Open Office. TextEdit can easily be run on a computer that's a decade old and still feel reasonably fast but you can't say the same with a recent version of Office (either brand). </p><p></p><p>In a way it's like how some rich billionaires don't feel rich because if they are buying million dollar houses, expensive cars, $200 toilet paper, etc then they won't feel as rich compared to if their expenses were the same as the average working Joe. It's the same with computers. If you use demanding or inefficient software then your computer won't feel as fast as it use to. This is part of the reason why people are forced to upgrade because the new software they installed just seems so slow on their current machines or the new minimum requirements are more than their current computers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EndlessMac, post: 1154774, member: 140470"] I think this problem has several issues that creates the problem. First off most of what Head_Unit has asked for can be solved by upgrading the hard drive to a faster one. A person can get the fastest computer on earth but with a slow hard drive they will still experience the same problems. A computer is only as fast as its slowest part and most average computer users don't realize this so they buy the fastest CPU and think that's all it takes. Part of the reason why the new MacBook Air seems so fast is because it comes with an SSD hard drive even though its processor is slower than a MacBook Pro. The other problem as vansmith pointed out is that software developers are making use of the faster computers so software nowadays are more demanding than they were in the past. This means that noticeable performance levels out because as computers get faster software gets more demanding proportionally. As mentioned by others if we used older software on newer machines then we will see the speed difference. For example I could play an older game at the highest settings but it would hardly be a challenge for a recent computer. Part of the blame comes down to us the consumers because most people won't upgrade and buy new software if all they did was make it more efficient and faster. People seem to want fancy new features as a reason to upgrade. With every new fancy feature, it means the software becomes more demanding and bloated. For example TextEdit is a very simple word processor but many people want the fancy features of Microsoft Office or Open Office. TextEdit can easily be run on a computer that's a decade old and still feel reasonably fast but you can't say the same with a recent version of Office (either brand). In a way it's like how some rich billionaires don't feel rich because if they are buying million dollar houses, expensive cars, $200 toilet paper, etc then they won't feel as rich compared to if their expenses were the same as the average working Joe. It's the same with computers. If you use demanding or inefficient software then your computer won't feel as fast as it use to. This is part of the reason why people are forced to upgrade because the new software they installed just seems so slow on their current machines or the new minimum requirements are more than their current computers. [/QUOTE]
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