> Just like how DOOM used to require a luxury scale $5,000 home PC to run and now the same level of compute can be found on disposable vape pens
Do you have anything resembling a source on that claim?
Do you have anything resembling a source on that claim?
Plenty of stories about doom on a vape pen. Here's one:
https://www.thegamer.com/doom-running-vape-usb-connection-pc...
Other notables include doom on a pregnancy test, and doom on a sbc powered by a potato battery.
Some actual pc prices in 1993 if that's what your after, look at premium pcs for 4mb ones https://dosdays.co.uk/topics/1993.php
Also see this article on the types of arm cortex chips actually found in a disposable vape pen: https://blog.jgc.org/2026/01/theres-ridiculous-amount-of-tec...
If someone hasn't gotten native doom to run in a vape, I think I have my next weekend project.