Hardware Superiority vs Software Shortcomings

The cluster focuses on discussions praising hardware quality, performance, and advancements while criticizing software for being buggy, bloated, or failing to utilize hardware effectively.

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indigodaddy Oct 9, 2025 View on HN

The hardware is likely still inferior though?

It's a pretty consistent pattern that hardware can do things and software fails to utilize them.

simmerup Jun 23, 2025 View on HN

The hardware is superior but the software is not

icedchai Jun 20, 2025 View on HN

It's the age old problem: hardware giveth performance, software taketh away.

cdiddy2 Jul 9, 2018 View on HN

maybe not in software, but in hardware they certainly have a lot of reach

aportnoy May 22, 2018 View on HN

Let's hope the hardware is not as buggy as the software.

brain5ide Oct 4, 2011 View on HN

Hardware improved. I believe the guy's talking about software.

dimgl Mar 18, 2022 View on HN

Because the hardware is actually good?

CyberFonic Jul 30, 2010 View on HN

Hey! We need good hardware otherwise where is all that software going to run? Keep up the good work!

0xmohit Oct 10, 2018 View on HN

Too bad that you guys don't write software that makes current hardware appear inadequate :)