Interesting analogy. I grew up using Commodore computers, but I'm not trying to race to the bottom of computing minima. I remember when (we) engineers got REAL WORK DONE on x86 PC's with 10 MB HDD's, running AutoCAD, Lotus 123, and Word Perfect. This was inarguably the beginning of the era of the useful, general-purpose computer. You could load a computer DOS 6.22, Windows 3.11, several of these programs, and still have room leftover for Doom. The author references Apple's iPad page at 51 MB. The last time I rebuilt my gaming PC, the MOUSE DRIVER was 150 MB! It makes me weep for where we are. I don't see that things have really changed all that much in 25 years, as far as getting "real work" done. It's just... more for the sake of "more." (The games are cool, though.) In my opinion, all the bells and whistles really haven't added anything to the web browsing experience for about 15 years.
