[BeetleB]

I was looking back to why I enjoyed computing so much more in the 80's and 90's compared to now, and of the many reasons, one of them was "No multitasking".

Or even "little multitasking" because while Windows had multitasking, we didn't have the HW to do too many things at the same time.

Right now we're on the crazy end of that spectrum. Every tab on your browser is potentially an application, and we multitask like crazy on it.

Do I want to go back to "No multitasking?" Not really. Or at least not all the time. But I definitely want to put barriers. Such as taking a minute to switch windows/applications.

[TheSkyHasEyes]

> enjoyed computing so much more in the 80's

Also the days when you turned on a computer it was ready to rock within two seconds. A few friends were discussing video game load times throughout the years. Overall the elapsed times haven't changed much at all.

[dcrazy]

That does not match my memory at all. Booting my family’s 386, even into DOS, was a minutes-long affair involving memory tests and messages like “loading HIMEM.SYS”.

[saulpw]

You're thinking 10 years too late. The TRS-80, C64, Apple ][ all booted in seconds.

[airspresso]

Fun that it has oscillated from instant boot then to minutes-long boot a decade later back to instant boot (or resume to be fair) today.

[wat10000]

Any sort of GUI took a minute or two to boot. My laptop today is ready to go before I get the lid fully open.

[BeetleB]

Turning my computer took a few minutes. It would do the RAM check (all 640K of it), at a fairly slow pace.