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"... a fraction of what they paid."

Strike that. Obviously computers were far more expensive in decades past and the prices have come down dramatically. What I meant is a first user with an older computer who is achieving better performance, e.g. lower latency, than a second user having the costs of acquiring the latest hardware and software (who discarded her older computers).




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