Layers of a Cheap Windows Laptop
How my cheap Windows laptop performs:
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| Windows |
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| VM hypervisor |
| written in Javascript |
| emulating x86 |
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| Javascript interpreter |
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| VM hypervisor emulating SPARC |
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| Computer with ARM ISA |
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| Simulated universe (our physics) |
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| Real universe (exotic physics) |
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A few years ago, I bought a $400 Windows laptop from the Microsoft store. I intended to use it only for visiting sketchy sites, but it's not usable for anything as far as I can tell.