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by johngalt 3771 days ago
Generic IT guy here. No matter how good the new machine is people always assume it's the same or worse than the old one. I'm not sure what drives this general feeling, but it has been a consistent theme. Despite every metric improving, people feel as if progress is stagnant.

> When was the last time you used a product and said “this is vastly better?”

Mid 2011 when I put a high dollar SSD in my laptop for the first time.