JargonFile/entries/Get a real computer!.txt
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Get a real computer!
imp. In 1996 when this entry first entered the File, it was the typical
hacker response to news that somebody is having trouble getting work done on
a system that (a) was single-tasking, (b) had no hard disk, or (c) had an
address space smaller than 16 megabytes. In 2003 anything less powerful than
a 500MHz Pentium with a multi-gigabyte hard disk would probably be similarly
written off. The threshold for real computer rises with time. See bitty box
and toy.