[nikanj]

The perceived performance for an average desktop has been pretty stagnant since, I don't know, at least the mid-nineties.

[ajuc]

There was a huge perceived improvement when SSDs first appeared.

[spullara]

Softare expands to fill the CPU available.

[woadwarrior01]

AKA Wirth’s Law[1]: “Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware is becoming faster.”

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth%27s_law

[FeepingCreature]

Software is being produced faster though.

[6510]

Didn't cars also follow that pattern?