Re: Stiii Ticking

On Wed, 22 May 2024 03:13:05 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2024-05-22 01:48, MajorLanGod wrote:

I was looking for a cable and ran across my first tablet, a Nexus 7 2013. I
got some juice into it and powered it up. Boy, is it SLOW! Not just in
relation to my current tablet, but just really slow period. Does old
hardware like this slow down as it ages?

 
No.
 
Machines get slower as they age and get updated, because software gets
bigger with more features. Current software assumes current power
processors and memory, it runs slow on old hardware.
 
Another effect in a (android) machine that has not being used in a long
time, is that it gets busy with updates and "house chores", so it runs
slow for a while.

Also I think it's psychological. Newer equipment is typically faster
than old equipment on the same tasks. When old equipment was all we
had, it seemed good enough. Then we got new equipment, and we (or at
least I) said "Dayum! This sucker _screams_!" But over time that
became our new idea of a standard speed. If we then try out the old
equipment, it seems very slow now even if its speed hasn't actually
changed, because it was standing still while newer came along and
raced ahead of it.


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