I dont think the original author is trying to say that an 86 mac plus is better than a x2 4800+. Thats just stupid. What I do believe he'z trying to say is that the simple functions(eg. in word processing) that people use are still the same but due to the extra code added in the OS and programs etc, take longer now with newer comps. I noticed this myself while switching from a x2 3800+ 2GB system to a P3 500Mhz with 64MB ram. Sure the P3 had to be run with win98 and it could hardly run more than 2 programs at once but for simple tasks(like the ones mentioned here), I had about the same responsiveness from the P3 system as I had from my dual core rig. Just my 2 cents about this topic.

Which I believe is the point of the article anyway. Programmers should go back to the basics and produce more efficient and simple code rather than make it more complicated. Any expert in this field please correct me if I'm wrong as I'm not really into this field but thats the conclusion I can come to with my (near zero) knowledge anyway.

One might ask.....do we need Ferraris to go to work or college? But thats not the point of this topic. No 1 here is saying that we do not want to embrace new tech etc nor that old tech is better than new. But the implementation could possibly be improved. I for 1 agree with that.