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		geocar on April 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple aims to sell Macs with its own chips startin... I think people with computers more than five years old already know that their computer is slow. Why exactly do you think seven-years-old is too-old, but five-years-old isn't?

the8472 on April 24, 2020 [–]

That is irrelevant. The default target of compilers is some conservative minimum profile. Any binary you download is compiled for wide compatibility, not to run on your computer only.

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