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		inb4_cancelled on May 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Silicon Hardware: SPRR and Guarded Exception... 1980's computers compared to today's computers are like an IKEA chair compared a nuclear aircraft carrier.

marcosdumay on May 8, 2021 [–]

So what? (But no, they had way more discrete components.)

Compare 1980's sound systems to today's sound systems. Or 1980's fridges to today's fridges. Or washing machines, circuit breakers, whatever.

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