6 Sep
2015
6 Sep
'15
7:27 a.m.
On 2015-09-05 09:29 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
I'm typing this on my first notebook. I bought it in 1999. …
Compare this with the hardware spec of the Amazon Dash button, a single-purpose device used for ordering things you're running low on from Amazon Prime: * 120 MHz 32-bit micro-controller with 128 KB RAM and 1 MB program data storage * additional 16 MB of non-volatile storage * 24-bit digital audio microphone/sampler with a flat response from 60 Hz - 15 kHz * 802.11n wifi module I think they're about $10 … that's a lot of processing power spent just on ordering one brand of laundry detergent. cheers, Stewart