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Why your NEW computer is SLOWER than your OLD computer! By a Retired Microsoft Engineer.

Dave's Garage

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  • Presented by Dave Plummer, retired Microsoft operating system engineer
  • An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.

Beginner. No background in the topic needed.

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Systems programmingHardwarePerformance and optimizationOperating systemsCPUs and computer architecture

Dave Plummer explains how modern software bloat and lack of optimization make fast hardware feel slow.

Dave explains why your new computer feels slower today than your old one did back then, and what can be done about it! Get the shirt! amzn.to/4dtdiS9

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What people say. Recommended for its perspective on how software optimization priorities have declined over the decades.

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On “Why the "Low-Level" stigma?”

Your comment reminded me of this video: link to this video tl;dr We have the fastest hardware in history paired with the slowest software in history because of widespread complacency in both industry and consumer groups.
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On “How Pizza Tycoon (1994) simulated traffic on a 25 MHz CPU”

Dave from Dave's Garage has his take on the optimisation priority back then compared to today. He's an OG Microsoft engineer of the yesteryear and he's seen it allDave's Garage - Why your NEW computer is slower than your OLD computer
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