15
IBM announces the new 5100 PORTABLE Computer (lemmy.today)
submitted 3 weeks ago* by to c/spacetech@lemmy.today
7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Just look how portable that is! I wouldn't be happy with the screen size on this thing though.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [S] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child)

Me too! I read somewhere that our smart phones are more powerful than the computers that were sent off of the first Space Shuttle or something. It's crazy how fast things changed.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Your toaster is probably more powerful than those computers. Pretty close, anyway. A modern smartwatch is thousands of times more powerful than a desktop computer from 30 years ago.

    On the space shuttle itself, the computers had about 400 KB of memory, your desktop computer probably has at least 20,000 times as much. The processor speed would be a similar ratio.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •