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Computer 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.com)
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[–] 1 point 5 months ago

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.

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