I'm telling my age now, but talking about slow = my first computer was a Commodore64. That was the newest thing out. There was no windows, you had to write code to use it. I also got the first modem that came out. It was 9.6 baud. When you tried to connect, you could go to the kitchen and make a sandwitch and hope it had connected when you got back. And if it did, there was no internet as we know it, there were only a few message boards where you could leave a message. So I know what slow is. I just want to see what really fast is.
Somehow I missed this post. Even in the mid 90s when the internet existed the rate was excruciatingly slow. I remember my Packard Bell 486 with its 14.4 modem which was supposed to be fast...not. ...ok there's a news story here...get a bag of chips...the photograph's coming in first...ok it's got one corner of the pic...get a pop...the bottom half of the pic is there now.... You get the picture.
Those growing up in the day of hi-def Youtube videos and GB downloads of movies in minutes probably don't appreciate just how good it is now.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 10 Pro 64 bitCore i7 6700K Skylake 4.0GHzCorsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 32GB 3000MHzAsus Radeon RX480 Strix 8GB
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Wordsworth 5000
OS
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
CPU
Core i7 6700K Skylake 4.0GHz
Motherboard
Asus Z170 Pro
Memory
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 32GB 3000MHz
Graphics Card(s)
Asus Radeon RX480 Strix 8GB
Sound Card
Asus Xonar DSX
Monitor(s) Displays
HP 2709m
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Intel 600p M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD 512GB; Intel 335 SSD 240GB ;Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB
Not so much I myself started on a trs-80 model III top of the line when it was new, cost like 2400 bucks.
Hell I remember our first 33mhz computer, we were just blown away that a dir command in dos scrolled by on the screen faster than you could read it.
