Slowing Aging
Retro-Mac Youtuber ActionRetro posted (on Twitter) a picture of his Powerbook 2400c (model released May 1997) on a wireless network, to which I replied about using the same card in my Latitude C600 (model released November 2000) and said it was "marginally newer". Powerbook 2400c browsing the ol' wireless internet pic.twitter.com/MOuKmRLUOE — Action Retro (@ActionRetro1) October 30, 2021 On reflection of the speed at which computing progressed in the late 1990s, it absolutely isn't "marginally newer". Its a good two generations newer. 1Ghz Pentium III Coppermine, 512MB RAM, the option for onboard wifi (I have an Intel 2200 populated, but Windows 98 can't use that), and a (poor) 3D accelerator; versus a 180Mhz 603e, a max 112MB RAM and 2D graphics. The days of PowerPC being vastly more performant than x86 systems had, realistically, gone by then - we had already entered the days of rigged Photoshop filter time demos to claim than better than equivalen