cm0002@lemy.lol to History of Computer Hardware · 7 days agoComputer latency: 1977-2017 (tldr "Almost every computer and mobile device that people buy today is slower than common models of computers from the 70s and 80s")danluu.comexternal-linkmessage-square1linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10cross-posted to: hoch@lemmy.ml
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkComputer latency: 1977-2017 (tldr "Almost every computer and mobile device that people buy today is slower than common models of computers from the 70s and 80s")danluu.comcm0002@lemy.lol to History of Computer Hardware · 7 days agomessage-square1linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hoch@lemmy.ml
minus-squarepaulhlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoI think that Palm Pilots (and so probably Treo phones) just ran the apps in-place (from the flash memory or ram). So if you pushed the “calendar” button it just switched to running it. No loading involved.
I think that Palm Pilots (and so probably Treo phones) just ran the apps in-place (from the flash memory or ram). So if you pushed the “calendar” button it just switched to running it. No loading involved.