[petercooper]

Just for a fun comparison.

The original NeXT computer: 25MHz Motorola 68030 plus copro, 8MB RAM, 256MB storage, 300W power usage, $15k in 2021 dollars, weighed a lot

The Apple Watch Series 7: 1800MHz t8301 CPU (but scales up and down), 1GB RAM, 32GB storage, 50-100 mW (I think?), $399, weighs 35g or so

What a difference 33 years makes!

[klelatti]

The watch has similar specs to the first MacBook Pro from 2006!

[anthk]

The watch is more powerful than the netbook I'm typing on right now.

[klelatti]

I sometimes think we have an 'embarrassment of riches' today - more computing power than we know what to do with!

[jaywalk]

No, we know exactly what to do with it: run a bunch of Electron apps to use it all up.

[neurostimulant]

If companies can produce software in half the time by doubling the CPU, RAM and disk usage, they will do it if they can get away with it.

[whatch]

It's always Electron apps come up when someone mentions that we have too many resources :)