I know that Nvidia cards are pushing the envelope these days with AI, but are we hitting diminishing returns with consumer hardware performance? On one hand, I'm not hearing the Intel vs. AMD competition trying to outdo each other in gigahertz that was the big thing in the 90s, but on the other hand, my current M1 Max MacBook Pro totally outperforms the super duper crazy expensive Dell Precision workstation that I bought a decade ago.
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Jump to Post— rproffitt 3,266Most hardware is fine but then there's that connection to the cloud that goes down and bricks your IoT thing or blocks you logging in to your computer.
Ask why I MUST have an account at Apple or MSFT to log into today's consumer hardware.
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Most hardware is fine but then there's that connection to the cloud that goes down and bricks your IoT thing or blocks you logging in to your computer.
Ask why I MUST have an account at Apple or MSFT to log into today's consumer hardware.
SCBWV 441 Junior Poster
Many people believe Gordon Moore's law (prediction) isn't relevant today. 🤷 I do know that I don't pay as much attention to processor speed as I used to.
Yoruba45 -21 Newbie Poster
Consumer hardware has improved a lot, but raw performance gains are slowing. Modern devices like the M1 Max outperform older high-end systems, yet progress feels incremental. Cloud dependency, software restrictions, and platform lock-ins often limit practical performance, even if hardware is capable.
trcooke commented: Is this an AI summary of what everybody else has already said? -1
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