[sokoloff]

Isn't that directly contrary to GP's claim of "look at how ridiculously powerful our computers are and they're still so slow" though? Of course slow computers are slow.

[colechristensen]

Today's cheap slow computers are yesterday's supercomputers.

Of course if you upgrade to a top quartile computer every few years you're going to have a relatively good time.

$200 computers obey Moore's law too.