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by alsetmusic 321 days ago
Apple made an advertisement about the PowerMac G4 as a "supercomputer" because of onerous export controls related to encryption way back. It's more cheeky, I think, than serious. But then again, I haven't looked into it beyond just remembering that it happened.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoxvLq0dFvw
2 comments
GeekyBear 321 days ago
When you go back a few decades, "supercomputer" level performance doesn't seem all that impressive now.

A Raspberry Pi outperforms a Cray-1 supercomputer, for instance.

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waste_monk 319 days ago
>A Raspberry Pi outperforms a Cray-1 supercomputer, for instance.

In terms of compute power this is true. However in terms of design and aesthetics I still find the Cray much more charming than the Pi (even if you start adding fancy cases and so on).

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lysace 321 days ago
The French encryption ban was a moronic aberration that just lasted a few years. Hopefully just like this UK regulation.

It wasn’t relevant to any Apple ads.

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