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"...and don’t slow down over time." (https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/features-key.h...)

That is a huge claim and one that will be false as web technologies continue to need more power.

I think this is about software erosion. http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2011/6/28/the_new_heroku_4_e...

Exactly, I get to 10 tabs and it grinds to a halt. That's 10 sites with nothing more than text and a few images (hardly 5 plugins)....its seriously underpowered as is and with the new UI update its as slow as a dog on the Acer.

Being slow because it is underpowered is different to what I'm referring to - becoming slower over time because web technologies move past the capabilities of the hardware.

Well its creaking at the seams right now, I think given the progression of web technologies (even if they begin to use more hardware acceleration) it is going to become much slower over time as more intensive tasks are offloaded to the Hardware, its not an good indication at the moment that after a UI update its noticeably slower (at least for me) and a lot buggier.

The quote I was referencing is of course talking about the new hardware, not the old hardware you are referring to.

It just strikes me that 'never' is a long time.

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