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kornel@mastodon.social

Kornel

In 2003, Apple released a 64-bit dual-core 1.8Ghz system: Power Mac G5.

In 2023, Apple released a 64-bit dual-core 1.8Ghz system: Apple Watch Series 9.

The Watch is faster and has more RAM.

The G5 was too hot to put in a laptop. It'd use up S9's battery in under 2 minutes.

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sysop408@sfba.social

Sheldon Chang 🇺🇸

Reply to @kornel@mastodon.social
Edited 9 days ago

@kornel that's awesome, but I think you're missing the point here.

The Power Mac G5 was very difficult to wear on your wrist! I still have shoulder problems from those days.

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rfc6919@aus.social

💬

Reply to @kornel@mastodon.social

@kornel @jimbob tbh i’m surprised a current watch battery has enough electrons in it to run the fans on a G5 for 2 minutes, let alone the rest of it

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xek@hachyderm.io

xek (👻🏴‍☠️👻)

Reply to @kornel@mastodon.social

@kornel As a grumpy old person*, this is making me wonder how much battery they crammed into an S9.

* I was pissed off when Apple made me pay for OS X 10.1, just to get the optimizations they should've shipped on my godawful expensive TiBook up front.

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gklka@mastodon.social

GK

Reply to @kornel@mastodon.social

@kornel @stroughtonsmith I really miss having an universal benchmark software, which can run on all old, new and egzotic hardware to be able to compare the speeds. For example there is none available for Apple Watch or tvOS at all

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PictoPulse356@mastodon.social

PictoPulse356

Reply to @kornel@mastodon.social

@kornel Amazing how tech had evolved

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pavel

Pavel Machek

Reply to @kornel@mastodon.social
@kornel Good news is that we can put 2GHz system into smartwatch. Bad news is that people are putting 2GHz systems into smartwatch, that 2GHz CPUs are now required for displaying time :-(. You know, battery life still suffers with 2GHz CPUs.You can get month with bangle.js2, or day with Apple...
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Strwpok@mastodon.world

Sean

Reply to @pavel

@pavel @kornel the good news is my Apple Watch does a lot more than tell the time.

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davidhmccoy@mastodon.world

David H. McCoy

Reply to @pavel

@pavel @kornel

And if all the Apple Watch did was display time, that would be a problem. Good news is, that’s not the reality.

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pavel

Pavel Machek

Reply to @Strwpok@mastodon.world
@Strwpok @kornel Does Apple watch do anything that should require 2GHz CPU? (Does it even run doom? :-) )
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