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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Get a real computer!</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="Get-a-life-.html" title="Get a life!"/><link rel="next" href="GandhiCon.html" title="GandhiCon"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Get a real computer!</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Get-a-life-.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="GandhiCon.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Get-a-real-computer-"/><dt xmlns="" id="Get-a-real-computer-"><b>Get a real computer!</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">imp.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> In 1996 when this entry first entered the File, it was the typical
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hacker response to news that somebody is having trouble getting work done
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on a system that (a) was single-tasking, (b) had no hard disk, or (c) had
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an address space smaller than 16 megabytes. In 2003 anything less powerful
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than a 500MHz Pentium with a multi-gigabyte hard disk would probably be
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similarly written off. The threshold for ‘real computer’ rises
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with time. See <a href="../B/bitty-box.html"><i class="glossterm">bitty box</i></a> and
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<a href="../T/toy.html"><i class="glossterm">toy</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Get-a-life-.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="GandhiCon.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Get a life! </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> GandhiCon</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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