Get a real computer!
imp.
Typical hacker response to news that somebody is having trouble
getting work done on a system that (a) is single-tasking, (b) has no
hard disk, or (c) has an address space smaller than 16 megabytes. This
is as of early 1996; note that the threshold for `real computer' rises
with time. See {bitty box} and {toy}.
Get a real computer!
<jargon> A typical {hacker} response to news that somebody is
having trouble getting work done on a {toy} system or {bitty
box}.
The threshold for "real computer" rises with time. As of
mid-1993 it meant {multi-tasking}, with a {hard disk}, and an
{address space} bigger than 16 {megabytes}. At this time,
according to {GLS}, computers with character-only displays
were verging on "unreal". In 2001, a real computer has a one
{gigahertz} processor, 128 MB of {RAM}, 20 GB of hard disk,
and runs {Linux}.
[{Jargon File}]
(2001-06-22)