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by Scramblejams 5015 days ago
There's nothing new here -- this is always the story when you've got resource constrained devices. When PCs make the jump from 2 GHz to 3 GHz, it's not a big deal because the 2 GHz machines still run well. But in the same period of time, tablets have gone from 256 megs to a gig of RAM and from one core to four, so of course you get left behind.

When tablets boast computing capabilities similar to today's PCs, they'll last far longer.