[skip]

Yeah, I would. If you have a laptop just set the max CPU speed to 80% (or whatever, <100%) under power options to simulate the pain.

Maybe if you just type emails and surf all day it's not an issue, but if you are debugging big applications, it is most definitely an issue.

[GFischer]

So would I. I use a 4GL development application (Genexus) that takes hours to compile on some days.

[hsmyers]

One word--- fractals...

[eru]

Fractint was quite snappy on 386s.

[ciupicri]

Regarding surfing: let's not forget about Flash under Linux.