I'm old enough to remember when speed was the defining factor for everything. Benchmarks were a critical part if selling, everyone knew the mhz of their cpu, speed was the most important thing, it was the only thing.
And I'm not talking about techies, I'm talking about the man in the street.
Today, all computers, all programs are "fast enough". Most people can't name a benchmark, much less use it for comparison. Computer sales seldom focus on mhz. Your phone is either fast or slow. But actual measures are not what phone users care about.
These days it's all about capability. Most of which is assumed to exist as table stakes, and which didn't even exist in Windows 95 days.
Maybe people under-estimate how fast their PC is, but equally they grossly underestimate how much work it -is- doing.
Some, but not huge, amounts of time are spent on making things "as fast as they can be". Because customers are paying for more capability, not more speed.
And I'm not talking about techies, I'm talking about the man in the street.
Today, all computers, all programs are "fast enough". Most people can't name a benchmark, much less use it for comparison. Computer sales seldom focus on mhz. Your phone is either fast or slow. But actual measures are not what phone users care about.
These days it's all about capability. Most of which is assumed to exist as table stakes, and which didn't even exist in Windows 95 days.
Maybe people under-estimate how fast their PC is, but equally they grossly underestimate how much work it -is- doing.
Some, but not huge, amounts of time are spent on making things "as fast as they can be". Because customers are paying for more capability, not more speed.