• kamen@lemmy.world
    472·
    9 months ago

    Some people still don’t seem to comprehend the difference between an embedded system and a general purpose computer.

    • spiderplant@lemm.ee
      291·
      9 months ago

      We’ve had general purpose computers for decades but every year the hardware requirements for general purpose operating systems keep increasing. I personally don’t think there has been a massive spike in productivity using a computer between when PCs usually had 256-512mb to now where you need at least 8gb to have a decent experience. What has changed are growing protocol specs that are now a bloated mess, poorly optimised programs and bad design decisions.

      • kamen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        9 months ago

        I personally don’t think there has been a massive spike in productivity using a computer between when PCs usually had 256-512mb to now

        For general use/day to day stuff like web browsing, sure, I agree, but what about things like productivity and content creation? Imagine throwing a 4K video at a machine with 512 MiB RAM - it would probably have troubles even playing it, let alone editing/processing.

        • spiderplant@lemm.ee
          62·
          9 months ago

          Your original comment mentioned general purpose computers. Video production definitely isn’t general purpose.

          What do you mean by productivity?